Jack Weisman is a known for visually striking and bold original storytelling. His directorial debut, Nuisance Bear (2022), co-directed with Gabriela Osio Vanden, offers a gripping, wordless study of polar bears navigating human-dominated landscapes in Churchill, Manitoba. The film received widespread acclaim, earning a spot on the 95th Academy Award® Shortlist, a News & Documentary Emmy® nomination, and top honors at Cinema Eye Honors, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, and IDA Documentary Awards.
Weisman co-founded Documist, an Emmy® and Peabody®-winning production company. He served as an executive producer on The Territory (2022), which premiered at Sundance, won both the Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize, and is now available on Disney+ through National Geographic Documentary Films.
Weisman holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production from York University (2015). He is passionate about inclusive approaches to storytelling that intersect with the natural world. Currently, he is in post-production on his feature debut produced by A24, Documist, & Rise Films.
