Interview w/ Orthodox Filmmaker, Dr. Nathan Jacobs
Filmmaking in Hollywood, Tolkien, Stranger Things, Interstellar, Faith-based Films like The Passion of the Christ & The Chosen, Ghosthunting, the Nones, and Much More!
I LOVED my recent interview with Dr. Nathan Jacobs, an Orthodox filmmaker and academic. (Paid Subscribers have early access to full interview 🎥 , scroll below to the bottom!) He was a writer for the new show, House of David, on Amazon and many other projects.
We cover his story to Orthodox Christianity as well as Hollywood filmmaking, Stranger Things, Interstellar, J.R.R Tolkien, The Passion of the Christ, and the future of non-cringe faith-based films. Lastly, we discuss the Harrowing of Hades by Christ on Holy Saturday and how this theme even shows up in films.
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Check out the Nathan Jacobs Podcast on Spotify:
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nathan-jacobs-podcast
Substack: https://nathanajacobs.substack.com/ (Theological Letters)
Website: https://www.nathanajacobs.com/
Youtube: Listen to Dr. Jacob's Lecture on “Christ’s Descent into Hades”
Read More About Dr. Nathan Jacobs, the Academic Artist:
The Artist & Filmaker: Dr. Jacobs is a writer, director, and producer with a first look deal at a subsidiary of Lionsgate Studios. He is currently in development on several episodic series and movies under this deal. Prior to signing on with the studio, Jacobs wrote and directed the college comedy, KILLING POE (2016), which showed at numerous film festivals, including the Lone Star Film Festival, LA Comedy Film Festival, and Chicago Comedy Film Festival. The movie received numerous awards and nominations for Best Feature Film (HorrorHound Film Festival), Best Independent Film (Rondo Statuette), Best Screenplay (Maverick Movie Awards), Audience Choice Award (Chicago Comedy Film Festival), and more. Jacobs is also writer-director of the feature documentary, BECOMING TRULY HUMAN (2017), which looks at the rise of the religiously unaffiliated, or "Nones," and the beliefs of this growing demographic. The film received a limited theatrical release through Aspiration Studios and digital distribution through Freestyle Digital Media. Both movies are now available on all major VOD and SVOD platforms.
The Professor & Academic Research: NATHAN A. JACOBS, Ph.D. is Scholar in Residence of Philosophy and Religion in the Religion in the Arts in Contemporary Culture Program at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. He was previously Visiting Scholar and Lecturer of Philosophy at University of Kentucky. He holds advanced degrees in Philosophy, Historical Theology, Systematic Theology, Church History, and Fine Art. He has served as a professor at Calvin University, Trinity College, and Trinity Graduate School. Dr. Jacobs has three books and over thirty refereed articles to his credit. His most recent book, Kant and the Question of Theology, is from Cambridge University Press. His previous book, The Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought (University of Notre Dame Press) received the Choice Gold Seal for Outstanding Academic Title. His first book, In Defense of Kant's "Religion" (Indiana University Press) was nominated for the American Philosophical Association's Book of the Year and the American Academy of Religion's Textual Analysis Prize. He is presently under contract for his fourth book, The Inevitability of Leibniz, for Cambridge University Press. Dr. Jacobs' areas of specialization include modern philosophy, with emphasis on Leibniz and Kant; Eastern patristic thought, with emphasis on metaphysics; and the intersection between modern philosophy and patristic metaphysics in the philosophy of religion. You can read Dr. Jacobs' letters to inquirers about topics in philosophy and religion at his Substack, Theological Letters.
In XC,
Cassian (Kyle) King