Jacob Wurzer
Business, engineering, and film.
- Role
- Co-Founder & Partner
- Co-founded
- Nowadays Orange, 2011, with Alex Garcia Topete
- Day job
- Engineer, oil industry
- Education
- The University of Texas at Dallas — BS, Electrical Engineering & Business (2007–2012)
Biography
Jacob Wurzer brings a passion for business, engineering, and film, and has collaborated with Alex Garcia Topete on projects for years — including as executive producer of Vamps, Blood & Smoking Guns (2012). A UT Dallas graduate in both business and electrical engineering, he founded the student network UTD TV (utdtv.com) and today works as an engineer in the oil industry alongside his film work.
As founder and president of UTD TV (May 2008 – May 2011), he built the network at the University of Texas at Dallas from a small deposit from the Alumni fund into the youngest form of student media on campus, distributed online.
Selected work
- Executive producer — 2012
Vamps, Blood & Smoking Guns
The partners
Managing Partner & Chief Creative OfficerAlex Garcia Topete
A writer, filmmaker, and strategist with 15+ years across film, television, and digital media in the U.S. and Mexico. Lone Star Emmy® winner; developed for Sony Pictures Television; produced for NPR; PhD in Arts, Technology & Emerging Communication.
PartnerElizabeth Ann Stewart
A writer-director, producer, actress, and voice talent based in Dallas–Fort Worth and Los Angeles. Crewed on 140+ projects; co-runs Stewart Media Digital, a corporate photography/videography practice, with her brother Ross.
PartnerRoss Stewart
A Dallas-based photographer and videographer who, with sister Elizabeth Ann Stewart, has shot 800+ corporate and event projects. Shot and edited the cinematography for The Realty | Risas en Venta.
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