Name: Jacob Hirsch
Email: jhhirsch10@g.ucla.edu
Graduation Year: 2021
Track: TV Track
Short Bio: Growing up on the mean streets of Studio City, Jacob had a stint as a struggling child actor. He earned a BA from the University of Rochester, where he made films with limited equipment. His writing style emphasizes making fantasy more realistic, whether that's through the lens of a pigeon or a sociopathic gang leader. He aspires to impart personal life lessons that can only be obtained through the intimate guise of entertainment.
Title #1: The Fugly Duckling
Project Type #1: Feature
Project Genre #1: Animation
Logline #1: A raucous adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale: The Ugly Duckling. When Hawks threaten his home in a football jumbotron, a pigeon, who thinks he’s a duck, must rally a team of unlikely animals to save the day.
Title #2: LAIR
Project Type #2: TV - Hour Long
Project Genre #2: Crime - Superheroes
Logline #2: When LAIR, A corrupt real estate development company, in a superhero universe, tries to pay hush money, unforeseen physical destruction triggers new moralistic challenges for the construction workers, middle management, and executives of the company.
Email: jhhirsch10@g.ucla.edu
Graduation Year: 2021
Track: TV Track
Short Bio: Growing up on the mean streets of Studio City, Jacob had a stint as a struggling child actor. He earned a BA from the University of Rochester, where he made films with limited equipment. His writing style emphasizes making fantasy more realistic, whether that's through the lens of a pigeon or a sociopathic gang leader. He aspires to impart personal life lessons that can only be obtained through the intimate guise of entertainment.
Title #1: The Fugly Duckling
Project Type #1: Feature
Project Genre #1: Animation
Logline #1: A raucous adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale: The Ugly Duckling. When Hawks threaten his home in a football jumbotron, a pigeon, who thinks he’s a duck, must rally a team of unlikely animals to save the day.
Title #2: LAIR
Project Type #2: TV - Hour Long
Project Genre #2: Crime - Superheroes
Logline #2: When LAIR, A corrupt real estate development company, in a superhero universe, tries to pay hush money, unforeseen physical destruction triggers new moralistic challenges for the construction workers, middle management, and executives of the company.
