---
name: "Michael Jacobs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-jacobs"
fi1m_id: "michael-jacobs"
imdb_id: "nm0414551"
tmdb_id: 69138
wikidata_id: "Q3308269"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "28 June 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:49:45.642015+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."
---

# Michael Jacobs

## Identity

Michael Jacobs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-jacobs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-jacobs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0414551
- **TMDB ID:** 69138
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3308269
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jacobs_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69138

Producer. Born 28 June 1955 in Highland Park, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 28 June 1955, Highland Park, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1994–2014
- **Also known as:**  Jake Jacobs , Michael D. Jacobs, 迈克尔·雅各布斯
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2010s 67 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jacobs_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69138

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Girl Meets World*](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Michael Jacobs is an American writer and producer. He was born on 28 June 1955 in Highland Park, New Jersey.

Jacobs created the television series *Charles in Charge* (1984), *My Two Dads* (1987), *Dinosaurs* (1991), *Boy Meets World* (1993) and *Girl Meets World* (2014). He produced the 1994 film *Quiz Show*, for which he received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for Best Picture.

His work has also appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway. In 2023 he directed and wrote the screenplay for the film *Maybe I Do*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Girl Meets World* (2014), Fi1m 67, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Quiz Show* (1994), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Maybe I Do* (2023), Director, Producer, Screenplay
- *Girl Meets World* (2014), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md)
- *See Dad Run* (2012), series, Creator
- *Lost at Home* (2003), series, Creator
- *Inferno* (2002), Co-Executive Producer
- *Trapped: Buried Alive* (2002), Co-Executive Producer
- *You Wish* (1997), series, Creator
- *Misery Loves Company* (1995), series, Creator
- *Maybe This Time* (1995), series, Creator
- *Quiz Show* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Sinbad Show* (1993), series, Producer
- *Where I Live* (1993), series, Creator
- *Almost Home* (1993), series, Writer
- *The Torkelsons* (1991), series, Producer
- *Dinosaurs* (1991), series, Writer, Creator
- *My Two Dads* (1987), series, Creator
- *Charles in Charge* (1984), series, Creator

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1995: Best Picture (nominated), for *Quiz Show*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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