Siskel/Jacobs Productions is a Chicago, Illinois-based documentary and film-production company.
History Siskel/Jacobs Productions was founded in 2005 by filmmakers Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs. "Former Kurtis and Towers producers open their own docs-for-cable network company", ReelChicago.com (February 20, 2005). Siskel is the nephew of film critic Gene Siskel.
Works The company produced the History Channel special 102 Minutes That Changed America, which premiered on September 11, 2008David Hinckley (September 11, 2008). "'102 Mins.' of the city's longest day", New York Daily News. and became the second-most watched program in the network's history.Bill Gorman (September 15, 2008). "History Attracts Record Audience for 9/11 Special", TV by the Numbers blog. The company has also produced a special for Discovery Channel and an episode for the National Geographic Channel's Naked Science series. In 2008, SJP is worked on its first feature documentary, Louder Than a Bomb, which follows four Chicago-area high school poetry teams as they compete in the world's largest youth slam."About Us ". Siskel/Jacobs Productions. Recent SJP documentaries include No Small Matter (2019), a film about the importance of early childhood education; The Road Up (2020), a film following four participants in the Chicago job training program Cara as they attempt to find stable employment and escape poverty and oppression; and The Here/Now Project (2024), a film using found footage to chronicle disasters caused by climate change in 2021.
References
Amy Wilschke. "Taking Care Of Business: Independent Film Producers Are Doing It For Themselves", Screen Magazine. "No commercials during History Channel’s Sept. 11 airing of Siskel/Jacobs’ archive-driven 9/11 doc", ReelChicago.com (September 2, 2008).