Jacob Bricca

History

Jacob is an award-winning Tucson-based film editor, director, and producer. A member of the American Cinema Editors, he has edited over a dozen feature films, including the international theatrical hit LOST IN LA MANCHA, the New Yorker Films theatrical release CON ARTIST, the Independent Lens Audience Award Winner JIMMY SCOTT: IF YOU ONLY KNEW, and the 2016 Sundance Special Jury Prize winner THE BAD KIDS. His directing credits include PURE, which screened at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, and FINDING TATANKA, which premiered at the 2014 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona's School of Theatre, Film & Television, where he teaches documentary filmmaking and editing, and is the author of Documentary Editing: Principles & Practice.

Profile

Movies

Almost an Island

Editor

A cinematic portrait of the Goodwins, an Inupiat family living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska. Through observing three generations of one family over four years, the documentary explores what it means to be indigenous in the dramatically changing Arctic.

Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera

Editor

RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE: THE MAKING OF A WESTERN OPERA follows classically-trained composer, Craig Bohmler, as he mounts Zane Grey’s frontier novel for the operatic stage. The composer and the librettist, along with a team of designers, musicians, singers, and painter Ed Mell, translate America's cowboy culture and sprawling beauty of the West into the realm of Puccini and Verdi.

The Bad Kids

Editor

On a remote patch of the Mojave Desert, amidst dusty tumbleweeds and rangy Joshua Trees, sits an anomaly: a high school where educators believe empathy, life skills, and the constancy of a caring adult are the differences that will give at-risk students command of their fates. On any given day, principal Vonda Viland calls kids at the crack of dawn to see if they’ll make it to school. And if they need a ride? Well, she’ll pick them up. Vonda knows each student’s challenges and coaches them tirelessly, never fostering false hopes. Her philosophy combines loving compassion with realism, and given her school’s rising graduation rate, it seems to be working.

Small Farm Rising

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Small Farm Rising follows a group of first-generation farmers from three unique farms as they carry plants, land, and animals through an entire growing season. These modern small farms have robust business models, sustainable practices and deep connections to the communities they serve: a goat farm that produces award-winning cheeses; a horse-powered CSA (community supported agriculture) farm which provides 100 members with a full diet year round; and a vegetable farm run by two young entrepreneurs. Filmed in the Champlain Valley and Adirondack Mountains of New York State, Small Farm Rising explores the reinvention of small-scale agriculture in America, and the hard work and beauty found within that tradition.

Precious Knowledge

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Disenfranchised high school seniors become academic warriors and community leaders in Tucson, Arizona's embattled Ethnic Studies classes while state lawmakers attempt to eliminate the program.

The Destiny of Lesser Animals

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Inspector Boniface Koomsin, a Ghanaian police detective, embarks on a dangerous, crime-laden journey to recover the one thing he needs to realize his ultimate dream-- to escape the ghosts of his past and return to America.

Con Artist

Editor

A docu-comedy feature film about a once-famous millionaire "business artist" forced to confront his own legendarily obnoxious behavior, while trying to find love through fame.

Lost in La Mancha

Editor

Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage the project.