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James Jacoby

Director, Producer, Correspondent

James Jacoby is an award-winning director, producer and correspondent for FRONTLINE. His films have investigated a range of topics from police reform in urban America to the lives of former prisoners at Guantanamo to the rollback of environmental protections.

James’ recent films have focused on the Middle East. In the summer of 2025, “Remaking the Middle East” debuted one month after the US joined Israel’s unprecedented attack on Iran and its nuclear program. The two-hour film examined the decades-long conflict between Israel, Iran and its regional proxies – Hamas and Hezbollah – and told the inside story of how successive US Presidents have tried to manage...

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English, French

Stories from James Jacoby

Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran
Documentary
Remaking the Middle East: Israel vs. Iran
FRONTLINE examines how Israel ended up fighting wars in Gaza and Iran — and the U.S. role
July 29, 2025
Tents at a campus protest at Columbia University.
Documentary
Crisis on Campus
FRONTLINE and Retro Report tell the inside story of the protests dividing college campuses over Israel and the war in Gaza
June 11, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Documentary
Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza
As the war in Gaza continues with devastating consequences, a major 90-minute documentary offers a sweeping examination of the critical moments leading up to this crisis over the course of the past three decades
May 28, 2024
Elon Musk.
Documentary
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
FRONTLINE traces Elon Musk’s long and often troubled relationship with Twitter
October 10, 2023
The "Fearless Girl" bronze sculpture facing the New York Stock Exchange Building.
Documentary
Age of Easy Money
High inflation, fear of recession and disruptions — like the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank — how did we get here? FRONTLINE examines the Federal Reserve's policies and the potential consequences of its record pace of interest rate hikes to
March 14, 2023
The Power of the Fed
Documentary
The Power of the Fed
As the U.S. Federal Reserve continues to pump billions of dollars into the financial system daily, who is benefiting and at what cost?
November 2, 2021
Policing the Police 2020
Documentary
Policing the Police 2020
FRONTLINE returns to a troubled police department after four years to examine whether reform can work
September 15, 2020
Exclusive: Amazon’s First Employee Calls Company a “Huge and Unstoppable Force”
Article
Exclusive: Amazon’s First Employee Calls Company a “Huge and Unstoppable Force”
Twenty-six years ago, programmer Shel Kaphan helped build the foundation for the world’s largest internet retailer. Now, in an exclusive interview with FRONTLINE, Kaphan said he is concerned about the “huge and unstoppable force” he says the company has become
February 13, 2020
Amazon Empire
Documentary
Amazon Empire
FRONTLINE examines Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ ascent to power, and the global impact of the empire he built
February 18, 2020
The Facebook Dilemma
Documentary
The Facebook Dilemma
A major, two-night investigation of the powerful social media platform’s impact on privacy and democracy in the U.S. and around the world
December 11, 2018
Russian Disinformation on Facebook Targeted Ukraine Well Before the 2016 U.S. Election
Article
Russian Disinformation on Facebook Targeted Ukraine Well Before the 2016 U.S. Election
Activists, officials and journalists from countries who reported abuses years earlier say Facebook took little or no action, according to an investigation for a new documentary
October 28, 2018
“I Was Just Flabbergasted.” Discovering Cambridge Analytica.
Article
“I Was Just Flabbergasted.” Discovering Cambridge Analytica.
One evening during the 2016 presidential primaries, Sam Woolley wandered into a meet-up on digital political messaging in the basement of a New York City tech store. At the gathering, he says, a group of experts boasted of an uncanny
March 21, 2018

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