Hot Dogs
Adam Foster Jacobs is a director, screenwriter, and editor from Minnesota, based in Los Angeles. His work explores the strange emotional terrain of American life, blending deadpan comedy, melancholy, and surreal observation. Often centered on overlooked personalities and emotionally adrift characters, his films examine loneliness, ritual, consumption, and the quiet performances people construct to cope with life.
Before relocating to California, Jacobs co-founded the Minneapolis-based creative agency Elbow Juice, producing commercial and editorial work for universities, hospitals and health organizations, nonprofits, political campaigns, the National Park Service, the Minnesota Opera, emerging brands, and companies such as Bose, where he contributed to editing and internal media work. His background in documentary, advertising, and branded storytelling continues to shape his exploration of contemporary American culture.
Jacobs has directed and edited narrative films that have screened at more than 40 festivals, including the Chicago, Vancouver, and Beverly Hills IFFs. His thesis film, The Face, a wrestling satire and patriotic farce, was developed at the American Film Institute, where he graduated as a Directing Fellow.
Upcoming works include Mugged, a feature film currently awaiting release, and Gas Station Hot Dog, a surreal cross-country documentary and anthropological portrait of America viewed through roadside food culture, regional identity, and the mythology of the open road.