Jake Winter Newberry
NEWS
CURRENT
Project | NORTH IN THE LAST DAYS OF AUGUST
An end of summer romance between a young man with Tourette's Syndrome and an emotionally unavailable co-ed comes to a head on the North Shore of Minnesota.
Status: Pre-Production
Written by: Angela Morris & John TerEick
Directed by: John TerEick
Produced by: Jake Winter Newberry & Carl Louis Mohr
Feb. 2016
Project | BASS
A deaf tap dancer struggles with his decision to get a cochlear implant to make his tap dancing career easier, but finds his disability is what causes him to strive.
Jake plays deaf tap dancer Cody Taylor in BASS, a Junior thesis film for the University of Southern California.
Dec. 2015
Project | THE LAST SUPPER
A brother and sister cope over their fathers' death in the most bizarre way. Jake plays the siblings' snooty brat of a cousin, Ted.
THE LAST SUPPER is a short film directed by Florence Heller, for the University of Southern California's Master's program.
July 2015
Project | NORTH
Two unlikely companions make their way North through California, learning about one another and themselves in the process.
NORTH is a thesis film for Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles directed by Sarah Franke produced by Nick Giggins-Hill, and penned by Sierra Sands. Jake plays the main character Max alongside Kelly Voke who plays Jesilee Deluca.
May 2015
Project | THE CLONING BOX
Innocence turns to madness. Jeremy must cope with having a clone that his dream girl likes more than him. As society takes its toll on his clone's innocent mind, things become more dangerous than he had planned.
THE CLONING BOX was a Sci Fi thesis film for Tribeca Flashpoint College produced by Jake, directed by Johnny Avina, and penned by Joram Bierdman. It was an official selection of the Independent Filmmakers' Showcase (IFS Film Festival) at the Beverly Hills Music Hall in Beverly Hills, CA.
Aug. 2014
Project | FEAR OF A MEMORY
A Holocaust survivor struggles with her past while preparing to speak at a museum.
FEAR OF A MEMORY is written & directed by Jake (his first), produced by Carl Mohr, and stars Chicago actress Joette Waters.