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Siskel/Jacobs Productions is a Chicago, Illinois-based documentary and film-production company.

History

Siskel/Jacobs Productions was founded in 2005 by filmmakers Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs. ^[1] Siskel is the nephew of film critic Gene Siskel.^[2]

The company produced the History Channel special 102 Minutes That Changed America, which premiered on September 11, 2008^[3] and became the second-most watched program in the network's history.^[4] The company has also produced a special for Discovery Channel and an episode for the National Geographic Channel's Naked Science series. In 2008, SJP is worked on its first feature documentary, Louder Than a Bomb, which follows four Chicago-area high school poetry teams as they compete in the world's largest youth slam.^[5]

^ "Former Kurtis and Towers producers open their own docs-for-cable network company", ReelChicago.com (February 20, 2005).
^ "BrewsterConnections" (PDF). Brewster Academy. Spring 2010. p. 10. Retrieved 11 October 2012. A friend of [my uncle Gene Siskel] had just been made president of the Travel Channel and [Uncle Gene] suggested that I push my stories to him. …[I got hired] and I moved to L.A. ... .^{[dead link‍]}
^ David Hinckley (September 11, 2008). "'102 Mins.' of the city's longest day", New York Daily News.
^ Bill Gorman (September 15, 2008). "History Attracts Record Audience for 9/11 Special", TV by the Numbers blog.
^ "About Us Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine". Siskel/Jacobs Productions.

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