Jacob Perlmutter is a two-time BIFA nominated, multi award-winning film director, street photographer and music recording artist. His work includes the award-winning 2024 feature documentary Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other which he co-directed with photographer and filmmaker Manon Ouimet. They co-produced the film with Signe Byrge Sørensen of six-time Oscar® nominated production company Final Cut for Real (The Act of Killing, The End, Flee) and Joslyn Barnes of Louverture (Nickel Boys, Harvest, Gunda).
Jacob has directed over 20 music videos and 10 short films including the 35mm French Exchange (2017), starring George MacKay.
He has released two studio albums of his music, recorded in Brasil with frequent collaborator, music producer Diogo Strausz.
Jacob has shot several photoessays, including 88 Days, an homage to Robert Frank’s 1958 photoessay The Americans.
Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet produce much of their collaborative work through 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
Blake’s Wife, short film, 2013
A Love Poem to San Francisco”, short film, 2013
Dream One, short film, 2011
Armstrong, short film, 2011
Film Accolades
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, feature doc, 2025
Cinema Eye Honors - Spotlight Award - Nomination
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, feature doc, 2024
BIFA nomination: Debut Director - Feature Documentary
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, feature doc, 2024
BIFA nomination: Best Feature Documentary
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, feature doc, 2024
AWARD: CPH:DOX 2024 - Dox:Award - Special Mention Award
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, feature doc, 2024
AWARD: Ortigia Film Festival 2024: Best International Documentary Award - Winner
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, feature doc, 2024
AWARD: Philadelphia Film Festival 2024: Best Documentary Feature Award - Winner
BUGS, short film, 2014
AWARD: Winner Grolsch Film Works
Photographer: Book Publications and Exhibitions
Perfume, Max Bloom, cover photography, 2020
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, photographic book, 2011
The Debris of my 88 Days, photographic book, 2011
Make Life Beautiful, book, Penguin Random House, 2015
Family, photographic book, Tiger Copenhagen, 2015
Mushpit Magazine, several publications, 2010-2020
Gut Feelings zine, several publications, 2010-2020
The Colourful Life, Cajun Dance Party, inner-sleeve album artwork, 2008
Amylase, Cajun Dance Party, single cover, 2008
VICE Magazine, various photo stories and publications, 2009-2015
NME Magazine, countless publications, events and festivals, 2007-2010
Musician
Single - I Never Really Know When To Start, by Diogo Strausz & Jacob Perlmutter, 2025
Studio Album - My Kind of Blonde, by Jacob Perlmutter & Diogo Strausz, 2017
Single - Right Hand of Love, by Diogo Strausz, feat. Jacob Perlmutter, 2015
Studio Album - Meanwhile, in Rio, by Jacob Perlmutter, 2014
Music Video Director
Palm The Quarter, Jacob Perlmutter & Diogo Strausz, 2020
Pausa, music film, Diogo Strausz, 2020
Put The Gun Down, Jacob Perlmutter & Diogo Strausz, 2017
Look Look At You, Jacob Perlmutter & Diogo Strausz, 2017
Chorinho do Mate, Mari Romano, 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
Tough, Fanzine, 2011
Boredom, LoveLikeFire, 2011
Automatic, Yuck, 2010
In 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, Danone, Levi’s and Lee Cooper. For an overview of Jacob’s commercial work, visit: www.manonetjacob.com/commercial
Press
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other press - over 50 links