Jacob Perlmutter is an award-winning film director, street photographer and music recording artist. His work includes 2024 feature documentary “Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other” which he co-directed with award-winning photographer and filmmaker Manon Ouimet. Jacob and Manon coproduced the film with six-time Oscar® nominated production company Final Cut for Real. Jacob has directed over twenty music videos and ten short films including 35mm “French Exchange” (2017), starring George MacKay.
Jacob has released two studio albums of his music, recorded in Brasil with frequent collaborator, music producer Diogo Strausz.
He has shot several photoessays, including “88 Days”, an homage to Robert Frank’s “The Americans”.
Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet produce much of their collaborative work with their production company
Manon et Jacob.
jacobperl@gmail.com
Film Director (Documentary & Fiction)
“Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other”, feature doc, 2024
“Who Is My Brother?”, short doc, 2020
“Pausa”, music film, 2020
“French Exchange”, short film, 2017
“What Does an Idea Sound Like?”, short film, 2017
“Space For You”, short film, 2017
“Not Only A Veteran”, short film, 2017
“BUGS”, short film, 2014 (Winner Grolsch Film Works)
“Blake’s Wife”, short film, 2013
“A Love Poem to San Francisco”, short film, 2013
“Dream One”, short film, 2011
“Armstrong”, short film, 2011
Photographer
“Manon et Jacob”, duo exhibition, Juju's, London, 2018
“Manon Et Jacob”, zine, 2018
“My World, Ongoing”, solo exhibition, The Farm, London, 2015
“Sweet India”, photographic project, 2013
“88 Days”, solo exhibition, Orange Dot Gallery, London, 2011
“88 Days”, photographic project, 2011
“88 Days”, book, 2011
“The Debris of my 88 Days”, book, 2011
“The Colourful Life”, Cajun Dance Party inner-sleeve album artwork, 2008
NME Magazine, countless events and festivals, 2007-2010
Musician
“My Kind of Blonde”, studio album, Jacob Perlmutter & Diogo Strausz, 2017
“Right Hand of Love”, track feat. Jacob Perlmutter, Diogo Strausz, 2015
“Meanwhile, in Rio”, studio album, Jacob Perlmutter, 2014
Music Video Director
“Palm The Quarter”, Jacob Perlmutter & Diogo Strausz, 2020
“Put The Gun Down”, Jacob Perlmutter & Diogo Strausz, 2017
“Look Look At You”, Jacob Perlmutter & Diogo Strausz, 2017
“When You’re Alone”, Jacob Perlmutter, 2015
“We Share A Cloud”, Jacob Perlmutter, 2014
“All A Bit Much”, Jacob Perlmutter, 2014
“Southern Skies”, Yuck, 2014
"El Musgo”, Gabriel Bruce, 2013
“Somewhere”, Yuck, 2013
“Blue-Moon-Half-Moon-Motel Blues”, 2013
“L.A”, Fanzine, 2012
“Perfect Weather”, Gabriel Bruce, 2012
“Boredom”, LoveLikeFire, 2011
“Automatic”, Yuck, 2010
“Silence”, Pull In Emergency, 2009
“Abstract”, Lo-Fi Culture Scene, 2009
“All In Your Head”, The More Assured, 2007
“I Want Your Despair”, The More Assured, 2007
Commercial
Jacob has made commercial work for the likes of Church’s, Harper’s Bazaar, Chivas Regal, British Airways, Levi’s and Lee Cooper. For an overview of a sample of Jacob’s commercial work, head to: www.manonetjacob.com/commercial
Testimonials
"Fizzing with ideas and a strong sense of personal style, Perlmutter is an auteur to follow."
- David Rowan, Editor, WIRED
''Jacob's always been able to tell a story with whatever happens to be lying at his feet. Frankly, if he were deposited on some barren rock, I reckon he'd soon be crafting comic books from pebbles and ash. Whatever he does in the future, I'll be watching."
- Alex Miller, Global Head of Content, VICE
"Capture[s] the fantastic and the ordinary everyday events that make up life."
- Dazed Digital