Gillian Jacobs (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Gillian Jacobs

Looking for reviews of films directed by Gillian Jacobs? Cinafilm has a total of 8 reviews across 2 movies directed by Gillian Jacobs.

Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 54%.

More Than Robots is Gillian Jacobs's highest rated movie, with a score of 61% based on 3 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Gillian Jacobs is The Seven Faces of Jane, with a score of 47% based on 5 reviews.

Director Biography

Gillian Jacobs (born October 20, 1982) is an American film, theatre and television actress, best known for her role as Britta Perry on the NBC comedy series Community.

Jacobs was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, was a Carnegie Mellon University director of alumni relations at the Heinz College. Her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker.She was raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon. She is of French, German, Irish, and Scottish descent. Her family owned the Jackson Koehler Eagle Brewery, established in 1847 in Erie, Pennsylvania, where her grandfather, John Martin Magenau Jr., served as President and CEO until its closure in 1978.

Jacobs began studying acting at the age of eight, and attended acting classes on Saturdays at the Pittsburgh Playhouse while growing up.She performed with the Pittsburgh Public Theater, where she was a perennial contender in the Public's Shakespeare Monologue Contest, leading her to be cast as Titania in its production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After graduating from Mt. Lebanon High School in 2000, Jacobs moved to New York City, New York to attend the Juilliard School, where she was a member of the Drama Division's Group 33. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2004.

Gillian Jacobs has directed films starring Joel McHale, Breeda Wool, Chido Nwokocha and Sybil Azur.

Gillian Jacobs has collaborated with these film directors: Ken Jeong, Gia Coppola, Xan Cassavetes and Ryan Heffington.