Nora Jacobson
  •  Address -
    38 Kendall Station Road,
    Norwich, VT, 05055, United States of America
  •  Phone
    Home:   802 356-7036
    Office:   802 649-3242
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    http://www.offthegridproductions.com

Nora Jacobson

President
Off The Grid Productions

Full Bio
Nora Jacobson is an award winning filmmaker whose films include Delivered Vacant (New York Film Festival, Sundance), My Mothers Early Lovers (Maine International Film Festival Audience Award), Nothing Like Dreaming (Lake Placid Film Forum Best of Fest,) and the collaborative 6-part film Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie which was featured on Vermont PBS and Maine PBS.



Jacobson recently completed the narrative film, The Hanji Box about a mother and her adopted Korean daughter. She is currently working on several new films, including a documentary about the poet Ruth Stone, as well as a narrative feature and TV series about people of color in New England in the 19th Century. She is devoted to telling stories of women, cultural diversity and place. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim award, a LEF Moving Image grant and grants from the NEA and state arts agencies, among others for her filmmaking activities.



Jacobson is the founder of Freedom and Unity TV , a film contest for young Vermont filmmakers, now

Professional Credits
Delivered Vacant (New York Film Festival, Sundance)

My Mother's Early Lovers (Film Fest New Haven, Maine International Film Festival Audience Award)

Nothing Like Dreaming (Lake Placid Film Forum Best in Fest),

Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie (Vermont and Maine PBS)

The Hanji Box (not yet released) New York Eurasian Film Festival, Best Narrative Script
Industry Awards
New York Eurasian Film Festival, Best Narrative Script, Audience Award, Maine International Film Festival

Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival

National Educational Film and Video Bronze Award

Best in Fest, Lake Placid Film Forum
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