Jack Steinberg

2023 marks Jack's 33rd year in the industry. As a graduate of the University of Virginia, a producer, and assistant director member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), Jack's production experience encompasses feature film, television, documentaries, industrials, web-based media, film festival management, corporate training, industry education and commercial shoots for Fortune 50 clients like Google, Lockheed Martin and Mercedes Benz. Jack began his film career as the first Operations Director for the Virginia Film Festival in 1989. He moved to Los Angeles and went to work for the DGA Special Project Department, producing the Guild's first website in 1994. He completed the DGA Assistant Director Training Program in 1998 and went on to share the 2001 DGA Award for Dramatic Series Night with the directorial team on the pilot episode of HBO's Six Feet Under. Jack also received an honorable mention from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his contributions as Visual Effects Unit First Assistant Director on the multiple-Emmy Award-winning John Adams mini-series for HBO in 2007. His feature film credits include How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Planet of the Apes, Terminator 3, Serenity and The Last Samurai. Jack's producer credits include the feature films The Machinery of Dreams, which won the Audience Award at the 2021 Virginia Film Festival and Faux Paws, which won Best Feature and Best Actor at the Famous Monster Silver Scream Festival in 2016. Jack also produced the music documentary Live from the Hook, and the pilot for Time Machine Guitar, an episodic children's series for PBS' Chicago affiliate. In addition to his active freelance standing, Jack is employed as a Public Affairs specialist for State Farm Mutual Insurance Companies and resides in Keswick, Virginia.