About Jeremiah Birnbaum
An educator and filmmaker for over 30 years, Jeremiah is a first generation American who grew up in both the vibrant bosom of Greenwhich Village, NYC, and the frozen heartland of Minnesota. Educated at Wesleyan University and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he spent the first ten years of his career working as an editor and producer on social issue documentaries. He also started Detour Pictures with his college classmates, an NYC-based music video production company that specialized in hip-hop and rap videos. After working with some of the best filmmakers in the business, including multiple Oscar-winners, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area 20 years ago.
In 2005, Jeremiah founded Fog City Pictures, which has produced and co-produced more than a dozen independent feature films and documentaries. His work has screened in theaters, TV, VOD and at dozens of film festivals around the world. He is also a founder of the San Francisco Film School, a nationally accredited college that teaches the art and craft of filmmaking to an international student body. Jeremiah is passionate about producing meaningful films that impact and entertain, as well as, mentoring aspiring filmmakers to follow their passion.
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Some of Jeremiah's films
TORN
An unexpected bond forms between two women when their sons are killed in an explosion at a local shopping mall.
When the police find evidence of a bomb, one of the sons, a Muslim American, becomes the prime suspect, threatening the two mothers’ new friendship and forcing them to question how well they knew their own children.
Torn is a powerful dramatic journey that invites each of us to confront our own perceptions of the world and one another.
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