Jon Siskel

Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs are the founders of Siskel/Jacobs Productions, a Chicago-based documentary production company specializing in films that tackle vital stories with integrity, complexity, and emotion. Their first documentary, the landmark History Channel special 102 Minutes That Changed America, won three Primetime Emmys, was named the Best Nonfiction TV Episode of the year by iTunes, and has since been seen by over fifty million people in 150 countries. Their next film, Louder Than a Bomb, won seventeen festival awards and finished with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, before premiering on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

After winning a News and Documentary Emmy for their National Geographic Channel special Witness: Katrina, Greg and Jon served as the U.S. Executive Producers of 1916: The Irish Rebellion, an award-winning public television series that aired around the globe. They then co-directed the 2018 feature documentary No Small Matter, which moved the needle on the issue of early childhood education in the U.S. through nearly two thousand screenings and an ambitious impact campaign. Their 2020 film, The Road Up, premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival, winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary.Jon is a 2023 Meier Achievement Award recipient and the Producer/Director of Memorial, a documentary short about the July 4, 2022 mass shooting in his hometown of Highland Park, Illinois.