GOOD TALK WITH JACOB BRICCA

Jacob Bricca, A.C.E. is an award-winning documentary editor, director, producer, and teacher. He has edited over a dozen feature docs including the international theatrical hit LOST IN LA MANCHA, the New Yorker Films theatrical release CON ARTIST, the Independent Lens Audience Award Winner JIMMY SCOTT: IF ONLY YOU KNEW and the 2016 Sundance Special Jury Award Winner THE BAD KIDS. His directing credits include PURE, which premiered at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival and played at festivals from India to Brazil, and FINDING TATANKA, which premiered at the 2014 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and screened at 18 venues including the Maysles Documentary Center in New York City. His most recent film, MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY, is co-produced by ITVS in association with Fork Films and Engel Entertainment and will have its broadcast premiere in late 2021 on PBS’s Independent Lens. A member of the American Cinema Editors, his book Documentary Editing: Principles and Practice was published by Focal Press in 2018 and contains interviews with seven of the top American documentary editors working today.  He is an Associate Professor and Head of the Film & Television Production Division at the University of Arizona’s School of Theatre, Film and Television.