Jordan Jacobo is an American actor, screenwriter and film director who wrote the film '' Fletcher and Jenks'' (2016), wrote the series ''Jordan Loves'' (2017) and ''Sides'' (2021), and appeared in the films '' Expect a Miracle: Finding Light in the Darkness of a Pandemic'' (2020) and '' Long Live Xander the Great'' (2023).

Early life

Jacobo was raised in

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and resides in

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. His father was part of the

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Career

In 2017, Jacobo created ''Jordan Loves'' on KPBS, a series that covers areas throughout

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such as the Coronado Bridge. He had previously made the web series ''Jordan Hates'' and wanted to create a show that expressed his cheerful side. In 2018, Jacobo adapted a story from postal carrier Ryan Bradford into a short film called ''92115'' produced by Mark Atkinson. By 2020, he was co-host of the podcast '' You're Gonna Die Alone'' and his play ''Transit Stop'' was selected for

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's Powers New Voices Festival. Jacobo co-wrote a series called ''Sides'' with Michael Lewis Foster in 2021, based on

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from the 1980s and 1990s, that screened at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. In 2023, filmmaker Devin Scott directed the film '' Long Live Xander the Great'', which was loosely based on Jacobo's childhood, and with Jacobo cast as the

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. The film screened in 2024 at the

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Filmography

Accolades

''You're Gonna Die Alone'' podcast

From 2018 to 2020, Jacobo and Cristyn Chandler hosted a podcast called ''You're Gonna Die Alone'' that focused primarily on relationship disasters.

References

External links

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SDVoyager Interview

Interview at The Faces of San Diego

''Jordan Loves''
at KPBS
Opinion
at

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via

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