ABOUT
Jack Weisman is a filmmaker whose visually striking, formally original work defies easy classification. His creative nonfiction films have premiered at hundreds of festivals, including Sundance, TIFF, and SXSW.
His debut feature, Nuisance Bear (2026), premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. Following its premiere, MUBI acquired worldwide rights, with plans for an international theatrical release followed by global streaming later this year.
Nuisance Bear follows a polar bear forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its ancient migration collides with modern life. When a sacred predator is branded a nuisance, it becomes unclear who truly belongs in this shared landscape. The 87-minute feature is produced by A24 alongside Weisman’s longtime collaborator William Miller of Documist and Teddy Leifer of Rise Films. Four-time Emmy Award–winning composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer, known for The White Lotus and Club Kid, composed the film’s original score.
The feature expands on Weisman’s acclaimed short film Nuisance Bear (2022), a gripping, wordless study of polar bears navigating human-dominated landscapes in Churchill, Manitoba. The short earned a place on the 95th Academy Awards shortlist, received two Emmy nominations, and won top honors from the Cinema Eye Honors, Critics Choice Documentary Awards, and IDA Documentary Awards. Acquired shortly before its premiere at TIFF, the film is available to watch for free through The New Yorker.
Weisman is also a co-founder of Documist, a Sundance, Primetime Emmy, and Peabody Award–winning production company based across New York City, Toronto, and Albuquerque.
He served as an executive producer on The Territory (2022), which premiered at Sundance, where it won the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize. The film is available on Disney+ through National Geographic Documentary Films.
