Hot Dogs
Adam Foster Jacobs is a director, screenwriter, and editor from Minnesota, based in Los Angeles.
Before relocating to California, Jacobs produced content with a focus on non-profits, public health, and mission-based organizations. He 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 MN Opera, emerging brands, and established companies. His background in documentary, advertising, and branded storytelling continues to shape his exploration of contemporary American culture.
His narrative 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, these films examine loneliness, ritual, consumption, and quiet performances people construct to cope with life. His thesis film, The Face, a wrestling satire and patriotic farce, was developed at the American Film Institute, where he graduated as a ‘26 Directing Fellow.
Upcoming works include the feature film Mugged, which he wrote and directed, 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.