Jacob Bricca, ACE
Film Editor, Director & Professor
Events 2025
21
APR
The Chaplain and the Doctor Premieres at SF Intl. Film Fest
I'll be there in person for the World Premiere of the latest documentary feature that I've edited, The Chaplain and the Doctor. The film is a verité exploration of two extraordinary individuals trying to fix a broken health care system, one patient at a time.
27
APR
Marriage Cops Premieres at HotDocs
HotDocs will premiere this extraordinary documentary that I co-edited for directors Shashwati Talukdar and Cheryl Hess. It's an intimate look at a group of female police officers mediating troubled marriages in northern India
24
JAN
U of Arizona Sundance Trip Kicks Off
My colleague Kerryn Negus and I will be taking 10 students to the 2025 Sundance Film Festival to meet industry people, volunteer at the festival, and see some great films. Below is a pic from last year.
The Doctor and The Chaplain heads to
Skywalker for Sound Post
I recently locked picture on the feature documentary The Chaplain and The Doctor, which follows Dr. Jessica Zitter and chaplain Betty Clark working to transform a broken medical system. I traveled to Skywalker Sound to help oversee the mixing of the film with director Zitter and producer Jen Gilomen. Zitter appeared as the protagonist of the Academy Award nominated short film Extremis (now streaming on Netflix.)
Events 2024
16
JULY
Bricca to Speak at ACTEAZ Conference
I will be giving a presentation on how to get the most out of Adobe Premiere Pro at the 49th Annual Arizona Career & Technical Education Conference at the Westin La Paloma Resort in Tucson, AZ.
17
MAY
Stanford University Master Class
I will be speaking to the students of Stanford University's prestigious MFA Documentary Film program about the editing of Missing in Brooks County.
Missing in Brooks County wins
Peabody Award!
Missing in Brooks County, which I produced and edited, has won a George Foster Peabody Award. The film was one of only eight documentaries to receive the honor.
Academy Award Winner Jen Lame, ACE Visits Editing Fundamentals Class
My former student Jennifer Lame, ACE (Oppenheimer, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Hereditary) made a Zoom visit to my Editing Fundamentals class in November, 2023. Jen talked about her working relationship with Christopher Nolan, the selects reel technique she developed while working with Noah Baumbach on Marriage Story, and how tweaking the dramatic scenes in Hereditary made the scary parts scarier.
13
APR
Baylor University Screening of Missing in Brooks County
My Peabody Award winning film Missing in Brooks County will screen at the Baylor University Hurd Center as part of a symposium on "Migrantion and Food Needs."
ACE Visiting Editor Program Kicks into High Gear
Since founding the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Education Committee, I have spearheaded an effort to revitalize the ACE Visiting Editor Program, which provides guest speakers from ACE to film professors looking to educate their students about the art and craft of editing. Since October 2022 over 20 talks have taken place..
14
MAR
Marvel Editor Nona Khodai, ACE Visits Editing Fundamentals Class
Emmy nominated editor Nona Khodai, ACE (Ms. Marvel, WandaVision) will speak in person to my Editing Fundamentals students at the University of Arizona about her career and her approach to editing.
27
FEB
Bricca Speaks in Doc Production Class at UNC Asheville
I will be the featured guest in Prof. Anne Slatton's Documentary Production course to talk about the new edition of my book Documentary Editing: Principles & Practice.
17
FEB
Bricca Speaks in Cinema Seminar Course at Lindenwood University
Lindenwood University is hosting me for a talk on film editing in their Cinema Seminar course.
Events 2023
18
NOV
Live Discussion on Making of Lost in La Mancha
I will be the featured guest at Galerie.com's live discussion on the making of Lost in La Mancha on Nov. 18 at 12pm PT.
4
OCT
Brooks County Screening at Yale University
The Yale Film Studies Department will host a public screening of the Peabody Award winning documentary Missing in Brooks County.
27
JUL
IFP Phoenix Filmmaker Forum
The IFP Phoenix Filmmaker Forum hosts Jacob Bricca and Lisa Molomot to talk about their film Missing in Brooks County at the Sidney Poitier New American Film School at ASU.
21
JUL
"Aura of Authenticity" Seminar at UFVA Conference
I will be giving at talk titled, "The Aura of Authenticity: Archival Treatments in Contemporary Documentaries" at this year's University Film & Video Assn. Conference in Savannah, GA.
19
MAY
Sundance Collab Documentary Editing Master Class
Sundance Collab presents a 3-hour in-depth Master Class on Documentary Editing, live on Zoom, presented by Jacob Bricca, ACE.
Over 400 Copies of How Documentaries Work Sold in Two Months
My new book How Documentaries Work has sold over 400 copies in the first two months of its release. Book Launch parties in Los Angeles and Tucson helped propel the book to #1 New Release in the Documentary Movies category on Amazon.
Sundance Master Class Draws 130 Attendees
The Documentary Editing Master Class that I presented on May 19 drew over 130 attendees on Zoom.
Missing in Brooks County is a
duPont-Columbia Award Finalist
Missing in Brooks County has been nominated for an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, one of the highest awards in journalism. I will be present at the ceremony with the rest of the producing team.
Two films made in my Documentary Production class at the University of Arizona have been nominated for 2022 Student Emmy Awards in the category of College Non-Fiction Short Form Film. Congratulations to Sasha Reist and Brett Jones for your terrific work!
Sons of Ben, the stranger-than-fiction soccer documentary I edited in 2015, was recently named by Sports Illustrated as one of "The Best Sports Movies to Stream This Summer."
Missing in Brooks County Wins Prestigious Les Blank Award for Best Documentary
The Ashland Independent Film Festival recently awarded Missing in Brooks its top documentary honor, an award that comes with a $2500 cash prize. I and the film's other producers will be using the funds for our outreach campaign in south Texas in August.
Bricca Signs Contract With Oxford Univ. Press
I am thrilled to announce that I've signed a contract to write a book for Oxford University Press titled How Documentaries Work, with a street date of Spring 2023. A compact volume with keen insights from the best documentary filmmakers working today, this book promises to change the way you think about non-fiction films forever.
Southern California Speaking Tour
I recently gave three Southern California workshops on film editing. See pictures and details here.
I am honored to announce that I have been invited to join American Cinema Editors, the preeminent American honorary society of film editors, as an Active Member.
Documentary Editing: Principles and Practice is now for sale! Purchase from your local neighborhood bookstore via Indiebound, or from Amazon or take 20% off by using code FLR40 on the Routledge site.
11
MAR
Los Angeles Book Launch for How Documentaries Work
Join us for the Los Angeles Book Launch for my new Book How Documentaries Work, to be held at the American Film Institute Lawrence Herbert Alumni Center on Saturday, March 11 at 2pm.
The Bad Kids, the Sundance award-winning documentary I edited about teenagers in a hard luck desert town, has completed its 3-year run on Netflix and is now available on Amazon Prime.
23
FEB
Tucson Book Launch for How Documentaries Work
Join us for the Tucson Book Launch for my new book How Documentaries Work, to be held at the University of Arizona Bookstore at 4:30pm.
My documentary Finding Tatanka is now available for rent or purchase on iTunes! Featuring Joan Baez, Daniel Ellsberg, and Dolores Huerta.
Events 2022
13
DEC
What's Up, Docs? Screening at The Loft Cinema
Students from my Documentary Production class will present their riveting new films at The Loft Cinema in Tucson. Films from past years have gone on to screen at film festivals nationwide
11
NOV
Documentary Editing Workshop at High Point University
High Point University, near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will host me for an in-person editing workshop, where I will present tips, techniques, and strategies for building impactful scenes.
25
JULY
I will teach an intensive, 3-week course titled "Topics in Filmmaking: Editing and Post-Production" at Colorado College this summer.
5
JUNE
I will be traveling to the Mendocino Film Festival to do a live Q&A following a screening of the new documentary Missing in Brooks County, which I produced and edited.
Events 2021
01
DEC
Colorado College is hosting a 2-day visit by Jacob Bricca and Lisa Molomot, who will screen Missing in Brooks County on Nov. 30 and give a Craft Seminar on "Editing As Writing" for students in the Film and Media Studies program.
21
SEP
Bricca to Speak at Washington, DC Center for Outreach & Collaboration
I will speak at an exclusive screening of Missing in Brooks County at the DC Center for Outreach & Collaboration’s 2021 Annual Event. More info coming soon.
28
JULY
I will present a lecture titled, "Films of Frederick Wiseman: The Meaning in the Mosaic" at this year's University Film & Video Association conference.
29
MAY
Missing in Brooks County screening at Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride
The new documentary feature Missing in Brooks County, which I produced and edited, will screen in person at this year's Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, CO.
Events 2020
11
NOV
The new documentary feature Missing in Brooks County, which I produced and edited, will screen in competition at DOC NYC from Nov. 11-19. Streaming tickets available now.
29
JULY
UFVA Lecture on "The Aura of the Real"
I will be premiering material from my forthcoming book How Documentaries Work at the 74th annual University Film & Video Association Conference. Based on interviews with the sound mixers of two Academy Award nominated documentaries, this lecture goes behind the scenes to show how sound in documentaries is more than meets the ear.
04
FEB
"Pivots, Pauses and Flows" Editing Lecture
I gave Independent Film Arizona's inaugural 2020 lecture at their beautiful new meeting space at Catalyst SAACA in Tucson.
The new Catalyst SAACA space
23
JAN
Master Class at Northwestern University
I was honored to give a lecture at Northwestern's fantastic Documentary Media MFA program, hosted by professor JP Sniadecki.
Events 2019
21
NOV
Master Class at University of North Texas
I gave a guest lecture in the colloquium series at UNT's Documentary MFA program.
10
SEP
I gave the inaugural lecture in a new lecture series at the University of Arizona: Day for Night: Conversations on Film and Television. See pictures.
22
JAN
Teaching in Arizona made its World Premiere at the Phoenix Film Festival, where it won Best Arizona Short Film. I was the post-production supervisor on this film about the crisis in public education funding in Arizona. See website.