Producer. Born 28/4 1981, Poland. Grew up in Norway. Graduated from the producing programme at The National Film School of Denmark in 2011. Has a bachelor in Film Studies and a Master in Media Production from Norwegian University of Science and Technology and went to the European Film College in 2003-04.
Jarek independently co-produced Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives" (2013), which was selected for Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. After producing a number of short films, he and Ditte Milsted co-produced Grímur Hákonarson's Icelandic feature "Rams" (2015), which has received numerous awards, including the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.
In 2011, Jacob Jarek established the production company Profile Pictures along with producers Ditte Milsted and Thor Sigurjonsson.
Profile Pictures has quickly reached a position as a solid and ambitious young company, specializing in genre films with an artistic edge, by new directors. That goes for Jarek's productions in the company of Ali Abassi's horror film 'Shelley' (2016), selected for the Berlinale Panorama section in 2016, Fenar Ahmad's action drama 'Darkland' (2017), a great critic's and box office hit, Jens Dahl's single location thriller '3 Things' (2017) and Ahmad's 'Valhalla' (2019).
Jacob Jarek received the Danish Directors' Ib Award in 2017.
Jarek independently co-produced Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives" (2013), which was selected for Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. After producing a number of short films, he and Ditte Milsted co-produced Grímur Hákonarson's Icelandic feature "Rams" (2015), which has received numerous awards, including the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.
In 2011, Jacob Jarek established the production company Profile Pictures along with producers Ditte Milsted and Thor Sigurjonsson.
Profile Pictures has quickly reached a position as a solid and ambitious young company, specializing in genre films with an artistic edge, by new directors. That goes for Jarek's productions in the company of Ali Abassi's horror film 'Shelley' (2016), selected for the Berlinale Panorama section in 2016, Fenar Ahmad's action drama 'Darkland' (2017), a great critic's and box office hit, Jens Dahl's single location thriller '3 Things' (2017) and Ahmad's 'Valhalla' (2019).
Jacob Jarek received the Danish Directors' Ib Award in 2017.
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Apprentice | 2024 | Producer | Feature |
| Darkland: The Return | 2023 | Producer | DK/Feature |
| Speak No Evil | 2022 | Producer | DK/Feature |
| Holy Spider | 2022 | Producer | DK/Feature |
| The Middle Man | 2021 | Co-producer | Feature |
| Small Claims Court | 2021 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Small Claims Court 1:6 | 2021 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Small Claims Court 2:6 | 2021 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Small Claims Court 3:6 | 2021 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Small Claims Court 4:6 | 2021 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Small Claims Court 5:6 | 2021 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Small Claims Court 6:6 | 2021 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Kamikaze (Oversigt) | 2021 | Executive producer | TV series |
| Festen er aflyst - 1:8 | 2021 | Executive producer | TV series |
| Før og efter - 2:8 | 2021 | Executive producer | TV series |
| Flight Mode - 3:8 | 2021 | Executive producer | TV series |
| Pancake Syrup - 6:8 | 2021 | Executive producer | TV series |
| Happy white day - 4:8 | 2021 | Executive producer | TV series |
| Efterladt bagage - 5:8 | 2021 | Executive producer | TV series |
| Hjem - 7:8 | 2021 | Executive producer | TV series |
| Krzysztof og det kosmiske tilfælde - 8:8 | 2021 | Executive producer | TV series |
| Sex (Oversigt) | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Sex 1:6 – Who’s the better kisser? | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Sex 2:6 – Har du lyst til din kæreste nu? | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Sex 3:6 – Bodega | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Sex 4:6 – Everyone "fucks" up | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Sex 5:6 – Let's talk about sex | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Sex 6:6 – Idiot | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (fiction) |
| Valhalla | 2019 | Producer | DK/Feature |
| The County | 2019 | Co-producer | Feature |
| Giraffe | 2019 | Co-producer | Feature |
| Under the Tree | 2018 | Co-producer | Feature |
| Uro | 2017 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| Darkland | 2017 | Producer | DK/Feature |
| 3 Things | 2017 | Producer | DK/Feature |
| Shelley | 2016 | Producer, Line producer | DK/Feature |
| Finding Home | 2016 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| In the Blood | 2016 | Executive producer | DK/Feature |
| Lukas & The Aspies | 2015 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| Riders | 2015 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| Rams | 2015 | Co-producer | Feature |
| París Nordursins | 2014 | Co-producer | Feature |
| When Animals Dream | 2014 | Line producer | DK/Feature |
| Weekend Dad | 2013 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| The Children's World | 2013 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| The Two of Us | 2013 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| Only God Forgives | 2013 | Co-producer | DK/Feature |
| The Flame and the Cotton Ball | 2012 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| Tabu | 2012 | Production | DK/Short fiction |
| M for Markus | 2011 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| Two friends | 2010 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| 1989 when I was 5 years old | 2010 | Producer | DK/Short fiction |
| Sheep | 2009 | Unit manager | DK/Short fiction |
| Valhalla Rising | 2009 | Producer's assistant | DK/Feature |
| Øen | 2007 | Assistant editor | TV series |
| Fighter | 2007 | Producer's assistant | DK/Feature |
| Dissolve | 2004 | Mand | DK/Short fiction |
| Dit navn skrevet i bølger | Executive producer | DK/Short fiction |
