The Sea Below
A 3JE credit in the edit
Jacob is credited as editor on The Sea Below, giving this profile a direct connection to the site's project archive.
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Jacob Dean
Los Angeles based editor and director shaping documentaries, narrative shorts, music video content, and festival work from the timeline out.
2018
Professional start
Lead Video Editor at a non-profit organization
2
Documentary awards
Student films he directed and edited
NYU
Film training
Film and Television Production, 2020 to 2024
Editor Profile
Director's eye. Editor's rhythm.
Cutting Room
The story gets rebuilt frame by frame.
Jacob's profile is about judgment: what to keep, what to remove, when to hold, and how to move a project from footage to finished rhythm.
Active Track
Assembly
An editor who started by doing the work: shaping footage, finding structure, and learning the timeline from the inside.
In 2018, Jacob began his professional editing journey as Lead Video Editor for a non-profit organization.
Sequence Notes
Editorial range with a festival-facing finish.
The visual language is built from moody 3JE frames and Jacob's known editorial credits, with The Sea Below as the direct archive connection.
Rhythm
Mood, memory, and sequence
The editor's eye is about choosing what stays, what moves, and what becomes emotional shape.
Documentary
Story under pressure
His background covers award-winning documentaries, training videos, music video content, and festival shorts.
Biography
From home videos to festival screenings.
Jacob Michael Dean is a film editor and director based in Los Angeles with a Bachelor's Degree in Film and Television Production from NYU.
Growing up in Sacramento, California, Jacob has always been interested in movies. As a child, he created home videos with his little sister as a way to entertain himself and his family which inspired him to pursue a career in filmmaking.
In 2018, he started his professional editing journey by volunteering for a non-profit organization and assumed the role of Lead Video Editor. He started learning on Non-Linear Editing software including Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro.
In 2020, Jacob worked for the government during the Covid-19 Pandemic, editing and producing training and in-house marketing videos for the State of California. At this time he had received two Student Documentary awards for films he had both directed and edited.
From 2020 to 2024, Jacob studied film at New York University, editing several award-winning narrative short films and learned how to cut on AVID Media Encoder and DaVinci Resolve.
Throughout his career, Jacob has edited award-winning documentaries, music video content for Grammy Award winning musicians, indie feature films and festival winning short films. His work has been screened at Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival, New York Shorts International Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, and many more.
Edit Timeline
A career built by cutting across formats.
Sacramento01
Home videos became the first cut
As a child, Jacob created home videos with his little sister to entertain himself and his family.
201802
Lead Video Editor
He began his professional editing journey by volunteering for a non-profit organization.
202003
State of California production work
During the Covid-19 Pandemic, he edited and produced training and in-house marketing videos.
2020-2404
NYU film study
Jacob edited several award-winning narrative short films while studying Film and Television Production.
Creative Network