Jacob Pincus was born and grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and later moved to outside Cleveland, OH where he is currently a senior in high school. Jacob is the owner and operator of a photography and videography called Pincus Pictures (pincuspictures.com). His film production company is called "Cove Films". His award-winning 2019 short documentary, "Stronger than Steel" tells the story of the Pittsburgh community trying to heal following the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in October 2018. In 2020 in quarantine Jacob made "Last Stop" which has traveled to festivals across the country. He has also finished post production on a multi-year long project about his synagogue called "Make Me a Sanctuary" which will be released in 2021.