Jacob Pincus is a 22-year-old filmmaker, artist, and community organizer based in Los Angeles. As founder of Cove Films, executive director of Our Art Fund Inc., and co-founder of Chavurah USC, he balances creative work with community leadership.

Growing up in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, Pincus began his filmmaking journey at 15 with Pincus Pictures, shooting events and promotional videos to fund his filmmaking dreams. His first film, Stronger than Steel (2019), explores the aftermath of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting, and was screened at over 30 film festivals worldwide winning several awards.

During a transformative gap year in Jerusalem at the renowned Shalom Hartman Institute, Pincus immersed himself in Jewish learning while apprenticing with director Amichai Greenberg on The Pool. He also engaged in human rights and peace activism, working with Palestinians and Israelis fighting for freedom for all.

Pincus later attended USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, studying Film and Television Production with a minor in Political Philosophy. After two years, he left to pursue independent filmmaking outside the traditional corporate Hollywood system.

His artistic work explores personal identity within our increasingly homogenous, hyper-saturated media landscape and examines the invisible systems that constrain human freedom and agency. Beyond directing his own projects, Pincus works on movie sets in various production roles and with New Theater Hollywood, an experimental interdisciplinary black box theater. His commitment to both his craft and community continues to define his artistic journey.
His award-winning 2019 short documentary, "Stronger than Steel" speaks of the Pittsburgh community trying to heal following the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in October 2018.

"Last Stop", Jacob's award-winning narrative short film from 2020, tells the story of an ill, young man after being discharged from the hospital and follows his journey as he searches for human connection.

Jacob's latest short documentary, "Make Me a Sanctuary" (2021) recounts the history of a synagogue after nearly fifty years in a building built by Holocaust Survivors.