Steve Jacobs is an Australian actor and film director who is married to actress and producer

Anna Maria Monticelli Anna Maria Monticelli is an Australian actress, screenwriter and producer. Monticelli won the 1994 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in '' Silver City''. In 2001 she was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Original ...

. The two co-starred in ''

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''. Jacobs directed the movie ''

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'' (2001), which was written and produced by Monticelli. In 2008 he directed

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in a

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's novel ''

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'', again produced and adapted by Monticelli. It premiered at the

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, where it won the Prize of the International Critics.

Television credits

Selected television credits include: * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Mission:Impossible'' * '' G.P.'' * '' R.F.D.S.'' * ''

'' * ''

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'' * ''

Police Rescue ''Police Rescue'' is an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC. Apart from the 61 episodes, there was a 90-minute pi ...

'' * ''

Halifax f.p. ''Halifax f.p.'' is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or ...

'': episode ''Without Consent'' (1996) * '' All Saints'' * ''

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'' * '' Wildside (TV series)'' * '' Stingers'' * ''

White Collar Blue ''White Collar Blue'' is an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003. Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the po ...

'' * ''

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'' * All Together Now

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Steve 1967 births Living people AACTA Award winners American film directors