Andrew Bird: "Live From The Great Room"

Live Performance / Acoustic Series

Filmed between 2016 - 2019, I directed this intimate series live from Andrew Bird’s home. These performances feature magical guests like Fiona Apple, Matt Berninger, Zach Galifianakis, Jackson Browne, Tim Heidecker, and more. Without question, it’s the coolest music show I’ll ever get invited to.

*Featured on NPR, Spin, Paste, Nerdist, and Consequence of Sound

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Directed and Produced by Laurence Jacobs

Edited by Laurence Jacobs & Jeremy Zelikovic
Camera Operators: Nico Navia, Farahaad Dehlvi, Laurence Jacobs, and Ryan Pawlak
Additional Camera: Gray Bashew, Robert Ingraham, Jeremy Zelikovic
Label: Loma Vista Recordings

Steve Martin - "The Long Awaited Album"

Content / Music Video

For Steve’s 2017 record, I directed, edited, and produced a series of music videos. Filmed at Mack Sennett, a 102 year-old studio in Silver Lake, and also at San Diego State University, this was a true highlight. Not to mention, some of the songs we filmed also appeared in Steve Martin & Martin Short’s EMMY-nominated Netflix special, An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life.

*Premiered on Taste of Country

Directed, edited, and produced by: Laurence Jacobs
Cinematographer: Nico Navia
Additional Camera: Genéa Gaudet, Ryan Pawlak, Jake Sawyer
Production Design: Megan Sunzeri
Makeup Artist: Sussy Campos
Additional Editing and Color Grading: Patrick Murray
Concord + Rounder label: Josh Berman, Brooks Jones, Mark Copeland, Jason Yang, Ashley Moyer, Liza Levy, and Matt Miller
Special Thanks: Jesse Rogg and all the fine folks at Mack Sennett!

Grace Potter - "The Daylight Sessions"

Content / Music Video

For Grace’s 2019 record Daylight, I directed a series of 3 color-themed music videos. The song “Back to Me” features the incredible harmonic-duo Lucius. Filmed on Anamorphic lenses and shot at the YouTube Space Los Angeles.

*Premiered on RollingStone and Esquire. Featured on American Airlines.

Directed and Produced by Laurence Jacobs

Cinematography by Ian Coad

Editing by Ryan Pawlak and Laurence Jacobs

Additional footage of Grace Potter and Lucius courtesy of Alison Tavel
Assistant Director - Ryan Pawlak
First AC - James Nagel
Wardrobe - Paige Haynes
Hair Stylist - Angelo Rivera
Production Assistant + BTS - Prena Dadlani
Fantasy Records - Stephanie Hopson, Joel Amsterdam, and Margi Cheske
Management - Kevin Morris, Jason Colton, and Nate Erwin
Special Thanks: Jamie Zuckerman, Rachel Reynolds, Mark Copeland, David Krinsky, and the entire LA Space team

Andrew Bird - The Barefoot Sessions

Music / Live Performance

Filmed on a rainy day in the historic Barefoot Recording studio, we filmed Andrew and his wonderful band powering through songs from his GRAMMY-nominated record My Finest Work Yet. Being in the room during this session was like speeding 300mph on a jet ski. Their energy was wild and each song just kept picking up momentum, building raw power with beauty.

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Directed and Edited by Laurence Jacobs

Cinematography by Ian Coad, Genéa Gaudet, Ryan Pawlak, and Laurence Jacobs

Creative Director: Matthew Daniel Siskin

Sound Mixed by Seth Presant

Loma Vista Recordings: Todd Netter, Ryan Whalley, and India Watne

Shot on Location at Barefoot Recording in Los Angeles, CA

Valerie June - "Got Soul"

Music Video

We made this music video for GRAMMY-nominated artist Valerie June’s record The Order of Time. Mixing vivid studio performance with lifestyle b-roll in NYC, “Got Soul” captures Valerie’s joyful sound and unwavering, positive spirit.

Directed by: Jacob Blickenstaff and Laurence Jacobs

Edited by: Patrick Murray

Additional footage by: Mary Burns, Jon Stone, Kristian Young and Josh Partridge, and BET Networks

Valerie June - BTS Doc

Documentary / Short

Ranked #24 on RollingStone’s 50 best albums of the year, this mini-doc sheds light on Valerie’s ethereal, cosmic, genre-blending record The Order of Time.

Making of "The Order of Time"

Directed, produced, and edited by: Laurence Jacobs

Interview shot by Jacob Blickenstaff

Overcoats - "The Fight" (continued)

Short / Music Video series

Filmed in the Hollywood Hills, I directed, shot, and edited this video series for Overcoat’s acoustic album The Fight. Each video has a different color palettes (amber, aqua, and black-and-white). Released on Loma Vista Recordings.

Directed, shot, and produced by Laurence Jacobs

Cinematography by Ian Coad

Edited by Laurence Jacobs & Ryan Pawlak

Creative Director - Adam Farrell

Creative Producer - Amber Kekich

Management - Thomas Winkler

Makeup - Diane Da Silva

Stylist - Donna Lisa

Andrew Bird - "Manifest" (feat. Erika Wennerstrom)

Music Video / Visualizer

A day after Andrew received a GRAMMY-nomination for his record My Finest Work yet, I created this visualizer to showcase Andrew’s striking, poetic song. Even though it sounds romantic, the lyrics center on fossil fuels and fracking, and how we damage our environment. To visually convey this pollution, I created an inverted, negative color space (3:22) over Bird walking through canyons in Utah and rivers in LA

Directed and Edited by Laurence Jacobs

Footage provided by Tyler Manson

"Take a Picture" - Music Video Retrospective

Music / Behind the Scenes

Richard Patrick takes a nostalgic look back at the music video for his 1999 hit song “Take a Picture”. Directed by Dave Meyers (Billie Eilish, Anderson .Paak) and starring Jaime King (SIN CITY).

Directed and edited by Laurence Jacobs

Shot by Ian Coad

Produced by Kay Anderson and Laura Saez, Craft Recordings

Andrew Bird (feat. Yola) - Live at SXSW

Music / Live Performance

Filmed at The Line hotel in Austin during SXSW, this beautiful cover of STAX legend William Bell was part of a live-streamed show on Facebook. The intimate show also features a conversation with music producer T Bone Burnett.

*Winner of the 2019 Telly Awards, bronze category.