Jacob Robert van Winkle is a New York producer working across live performance, film, and emerging technology.
They are producing BIOADAPTING, TjaĊĦa Ferme's sci-fi play integrating live AI, holographic staging, and digital twin illusion, developed in partnership with MIT, the New Museum, and the University of Chicago. The production premiered in 2023 with coverage from The New York Times, Forbes, and NPR, and is now in development toward Broadway through AEA industry readings, a hologram research residency at Mercury Store, and a Venturous Theater Fund grant. They are also producing The Lookback Window, a feature adaptation of Kyle Dillon Hertz's novel.
Jacob has led operations for two of the country's most prominent independent film festivals, serving as Operations Manager at Sundance and Technical Operations Manager at Tribeca, and directed programming for MIX NYC. Through Who's Cookin' Productions, they have produced work for Hearst, PBS, and Cosmopolitan, as well as performances at the Guggenheim through Works & Process. They founded NYOFF, now the New York Odyssey Film Fund.
They also study and practice how media moves people. Their MPA research at Baruch College tested climate messaging in short-form video, and as Treasurer of the W50s Neighborhood Association they write and organize on local accountability campaigns.