---
name: "Jacob Jaffke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jacob-jaffke"
fi1m_id: "jacob-jaffke"
imdb_id: "nm2693873"
tmdb_id: 1279839
wikidata_id: "Q131754892"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "13 May 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-30T04:03:20.039909+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jacob Jaffke

## Identity

Jacob Jaffke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jacob-jaffke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jacob-jaffke
- **IMDb ID:** nm2693873
- **TMDB ID:** 1279839
- **Wikidata ID:** Q131754892
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131754892, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2693873/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1279839

Producer. Born 13 May 1981 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 13 May 1981, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 6 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Kevin Turen](https://film.one/person/kevin-turen.md), [Mia Goth](https://film.one/person/mia-goth.md), [Ti West](https://film.one/person/ti-west.md), [Harrison Kreiss](https://film.one/person/harrison-kreiss.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 54 (2), 2020s 70 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 66 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Horror 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $143m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131754892, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2693873/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1279839

## Coming up

- *Pendulum* (2027-01-01), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Pearl*](https://film.one/film/pearl.md) (76), [*X*](https://film.one/film/x.md) (74), [*MaXXXine*](https://film.one/film/maxxxine.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jacob Jaffke is an American film producer. He is the founder of the production company Motel Mojave and a Columbia University School of the Arts alumnus.

Jaffke has produced several films for A24, including collaborations with director Ti West on *X* (2022), *Pearl* (2022) and *MaXXXine* (2024). His other producer credits include *Dream Scenario* (2023), *Waves* (2019), *Uncut Gems* (2019) and *Bodies Bodies Bodies* (2022). Earlier in his career he worked as a line producer and unit production manager on films such as *The House of the Devil* (2009) and *The Innkeepers* (2012).

He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award's Piaget Producers Award in 2014 and a BAFTA nomination for Best Short Film in 2010 for *Off Season*.

*Sources: imdb.com, arts.columbia.edu, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Produced (6) — the average rests on these

- *MaXXXine* (2024), Fi1m 58, Unit Production Manager, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/maxxxine.md)
- *Dream Scenario* (2023), Fi1m 70, Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/dream-scenario.md)
- *Pearl* (2022), Fi1m 76, Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/pearl.md)
- *X* (2022), Fi1m 74, Unit Production Manager, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/x.md)
- *Uncut Gems* (2019), Fi1m 85, Line Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md)
- *Movie 43* (2013), Fi1m 24, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), Fi1m 84, Intern — [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pendulum* (2027), Producer
- *MaXXXine* (2024), Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/maxxxine.md)
- *Dream Scenario* (2023), Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/dream-scenario.md)
- *Artist Unknown* (2023), Associate Producer
- *Causeway* (2022), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Pearl* (2022), Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/pearl.md)
- *Bodies Bodies Bodies* (2022), Executive Producer
- *X* (2022), Unit Production Manager, Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/x.md)
- *Waves* (2019), Executive Producer, Line Producer
- *Uncut Gems* (2019), Line Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md)
- *Only a Switch* (2018), Executive Producer
- *In a Valley of Violence* (2016), Unit Production Manager, Producer
- *Don't Think Twice* (2016), Consulting Producer
- *Jamie Marks Is Dead* (2014), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The Sacrament* (2014), Producer, Post Production Supervisor
- *Movie 43* (2013), Co-Producer — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/movie-43.md)
- *Kiss of the Damned* (2012), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Hypothermia* (2012), Co-Producer, Production Manager
- *Sleepwalk with Me* (2012), Producer, Post Production Supervisor
- *Damsels in Distress* (2012), Line Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The Innkeepers* (2012), Line Producer, Production Manager
- *Stake Land: Sister* (2011), as Brotherhood · Producer
- *Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend* (2011), Producer
- *Stake Land: Willie* (2011), Producer
- *Stake Land: Martin* (2011), Producer
- *Bitter Feast* (2010), Line Producer, Production Manager
- *Off Season* (2009), Producer
- *The House of the Devil* (2009), as Background Talent · Unit Production Manager, Production Manager
- *Mixtape* (2009), Producer
- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), as Intern — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)
- *I Sell the Dead* (2008), Production Coordinator
- *Rest Stop for the Rare Individual* (2007), Co-Producer
- *Adrift in Manhattan* (2007), Additional Production Assistant
- *Boutique*, Executive Producer
- *Old Friends New Friends*, Producer

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