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'''Jake Schreier''' (born September 29, 1981) is an American [[commercial director|commercial]], [[music video director|music video]] and [[film director]]. He was a founding member of [[Waverly Films]], a [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]]-based filmmaking collective, and joined Park Pictures in 2006, releasing his first feature film ''[[Robot & Frank]]'' in 2012. In 2015, he released ''[[Paper Towns (film)|Paper Towns]]'', an adaptation of the [[Paper Towns|2008 novel of the same name]] by [[John Green (author)|John Green]]
== Early life ==
Born in [[Berkeley, California]], Jake Schreier attended the [[New York University]] [[Tisch School of the Arts]]. After graduating, he directed music videos, including one for [[Francis and the Lights]], a performer/songwriter with whom Schreier also played [[Musical keyboard|keyboard]] for several years.<ref name="Interviewmag">{{cite web | url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jake-schreier-robot-frank | title=The future according to Jake Schreier | work=Interview Magazine | date=August 2012 | accessdate=September 9, 2012 | author=Brown, Emma}}</ref> He also directed commercials for products such as [[Absolut Vodka]] and [[Verizon]] phones.<ref name="EVT">{{cite web | url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/movies/article_c8d5aaa6-f2c1-11e1-b913-001a4bcf887a.html | title=Director Jake Schreier talks "Robot and Frank" and dirty laundry | work=East Valley Tribune | date=August 30, 2012 | accessdate=September 9, 2012 | author=Pizzello, Chris}}</ref> Together with his friends from college, he co-founded the film collective [[Waverly Films]] and continued to collaborate on film projects for television and the web.
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