Who is Jack Young?
Jack is a filmmaker, photographer, and actor. Cinematic storytelling is his drive.
Born a dreamer in 1997, Jack was highly impressionable to the many classic films introduced by his parents at an earlier age like The Terminator, The Sound of Music, and Jaws. Jack’s early fascination with The Movies turned him into a lifelong student of the medium chasing the dream of harnessing his own creative potential to craft spectacular moving images.
At James Madison University, Jack was further exposed to world cinema and an opportunity to learn from the masters as well as learn by doing— as he wrote dozens of analytical essays on film and produced, edited, and co-starred in numerous short films, en route to earning a degree in Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication with a Film Studies minor in spring 2019.
In the years since, Jack’s path to a life in showbiz has zigged and zagged in suitably dramatic fashion, enjoying his first Production Assistant job on Season 4 of HGTV’s Maine Cabin Masters, and a crew position on the premiere run of HBO Max’s Legendary, until a global pandemic shook the industry through the early 2020s.
Temporarily taking work as an oyster shucker before a short-lived meteoric rise through the Massachusetts cannabis industry, Jack exploded back into the production world with the launch of Jack Young Film in 2025, a full-service film and photography freelance agency catering to the greater Boston area.
Capturing memories on camera with his signature eye for composition and delivering elegantly edited assets to clients across genres and industries, Jack’s portfolio includes brand commercials, music videos, short films, headshots, and event coverage from live music performances, proposals, weddings, baby showers, birthday parties, corporate conferences, charity fundraisers, fashion shows and beyond.
In addition to behind the camera activities, Jack has taken a deep dive into acting on screen, with roles across multiple Hollywood film and TV productions including Widow’s Bay, now streaming on Apple TV, the upcoming third season of AMC’s The Walking Dead: Dead City and the A24 Anthony Bourdain biopic, Tony.
With colleagues met through acting experiences on sets and in acting class, Jack is thrilled to be a core member of the team now bringing Untitled Sketch Show* to life, an independent sketch comedy series soon to be knocking the socks off viewers everywhere.
Jack’s specialties include creative cinematography solutions, intricate non-linear editing, and committing to the bit. He’s known for his ability to “do a lot with a little,” adapting to the energy and constraints of each shoot with both technical precision and an intuitive sense of tone. Whether working solo or with a team, Jack approaches every opportunity with curiosity, intention, and devotion.
A proud New Englander and diehard Boston sports fan, Jack currently lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, where he watches a movie a day and continues to build his freelance practice in pursuit of new challenges. Drawing inspiration from independent auteurs like Francis Ford Coppola, Sean Baker, and Coralie Fargeat, Jack is committed to amplifying human stories that might otherwise go untold.
His next project will blow your mind…
“““We leap into the unknown to prove we are free.” — Marcus Aurelius” —Cesar Catilina”— Francis Ford Coppola