Jake Heineke

Movies

A Little Prayer
First Assistant Director
Tammy and husband David lead a quiet life in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, sharing a home with David’s parents, Bill and Venida. David and Bill work together and have always been closely involved in each other’s lives. When Bill begins to suspect that David is straying in his marriage, he is drawn into a relationship minefield, caught between wanting to protect his amicable daughter-in-law and trying to understand his impulsive son. As Bill confronts the limits of patriarchal influence, he is also forced to reckon with disheartening behavioral patterns that may be transcending generations.
The Pope Drops In
Producer
What would you do if your business partner stole your business and your wife, and then told you he wouldn’t become a Christian unless the Pope showed up at his house and asked him? You kidnap the Pope and take him on a road trip to end all road trips, to save him and your wife.
Don't Tell a Soul
Second Assistant Director
Two thieving teenage brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard stuck at the bottom of a forgotten well.
Native Son
Second Assistant Director
A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life forever.
Reprisal
Second Assistant Director
Jacob, a bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker, teams up with his ex-cop neighbor, James, to bring down the assailant. While the two men work together to figure out the thief’s next move, Gabriel, the highly-trained criminal, is one step ahead. When Gabriel kidnaps Jacob’s wife and daughter, Jacob barrels down a path of bloodshed that initiates an explosive counterattack and brings all three men to the breaking point.
Bang Bang
First Assistant Director
A bitter retired boxer tasked with caring for his grandson uses the opportunity to settle his oldest grudge by forcing his kin into embracing the sweet science.