KRISTI JACoBSON

Director/Producer & Founder of Catalyst Films

Kristi Jacobson is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker whose films capture nuanced, intimate and provocative portrayals of individuals and communities. Her film, SOLITARY, which provides an unprecedented and immersive look at life inside a supermax prison, premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and made its broadcast premiere on HBO in Februrary of 2017.  The film received several accolades including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary and an Independent Spirit Truer Than Fiction Award. Her previous films include A Place at the Table, TOOTS, and American Standoff. Jacobson is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, the Director’s Guild of America, New York Women in Film & Television, and a two-time Sundance Creative Producing Fellow. She is a recipient of grants from Tribeca Film Institute, Sundance Institute DFP, Chicken and Egg Pictures, and many others.