Jakob
Verbruggen

Director for Film and Television

Jakob is currently executive producing and directing the Pilot and further episodes of a major new show for Apple created by Simon Kinberg. He recently directed the episode ‘Six Degrees of Freedom’ on the Jordan Peele reboot of The Twilight Zone, for CBS. Prior to that he was lead director and executive producer of The Alienist, written by Hoss Amini for TNT, Paramount and Anonymous Content. The series was nominated for five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes.

Jakob also directed BBC crime drama The Fall, starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan, which was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Mini Series and was described by the Guardian as 'one of the best dramas on the BBC in years.' His other credits include London Spy (winner of a BAFTA Craft Award), House of Cards Season 4 finale, and Black Mirror.

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Television

Director & Executive Producer 

Invasion
Producer Simon Kinberg
Writer Simon Kinberg, David Weil, Andrew Baldwin
Starring
  • Sam Neill
  • Shamier Anderson
  • Golshifteh Farahani
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    The Alienist
    Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Television Limited Series and Emmy nominated for Outstanding Limited Series
    3 x 45'
    Director Jakob Verbruggen
    Writer Hossein Amini
    Starring
  • Daniel Bruhl
  • Dakota Fanning
  • Luke Evans
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    Psychological thriller series based on the book by Caleb Carr.

    Anonymous Content for TNT

    Director 

    The Twilight Zone
    "Six Degrees of Freedom"
    1 x 60'
    Producer Jordan Peele (Exec Producer)
    Writer Heather Anne Campbell & Glen Morgan
    CBS for SYFY
    House of Cards
    2 x 45'
    Creator Beau Willimon
    Starring
  • Robin Wright
    •

    American political thriller series.

    MRC for Netflix
    Black Mirror
    1 x 60'
    Creator Charlie Brooker
    Producer Lucy Dyke
    Director Jakob Verbruggen
    Writer Charlie Brooker
    Starring
  • Malachi Kirby
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    Anthology science-fiction series.

    House Of Tomorrow for Channel 4
    The Fall
    Shortlisted for Best Drama Broadcast Award 2014 and nominated for Best Drama series for Press Guild Awards 2014
    5 x 60'
    Producer Justin-Thompson Glover, Gub Neal, Patrick Irwin, Julian Stevens
    Writer Allan Cubitt
    Starring
  • Gillian Anderson
  • Jamie Dornan
  • Séainín Brennan
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    A gripping psychological thriller that forensically examines the lives of two hunters; a detective and a serial killer. 

    Artists Studio for BBC 2
    The Bridge (US version)
    2013 Peabody Award
    2 x 45'
    Creator Elwood Reid, Björn Stein, Meredith Stiehm
    Producer Patrick Markey
    Writer Hans Rosenfeldt , Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
    Starring
  • Diane Kruger
  • Demián Bichir
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    Detective thriller based on the Swedish-Danish original series.

    Shorewood, Inc., Elwood Reid, Inc., FX Productions, Filmlance, Shine America for FX
    London Spy
    Nominated for the BAFTA for best Mini-Series in 2016
    5 x 60'
    Creator Tom Rob Smith
    Producer Juliette Howell, Polly Hill (Exec. Producers)
    Writer Tom Rob Smith
    Starring
  • Jim Broadbent
  • Charlotte Rampling
  • Ben Whishaw
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    Drama mini-series.

    Working Title for BBC2
    Code 37
    19 x 45'
    Producer Dirk Impens
    Writer Hola Guapa, Dirk Nielandt, Alain Quateau
    Starring
  • Veerle Baetens
  • Michael Pas
  • Marc Lauwrys
  • Gilles De Schrijver
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    Belgian crime-drama series.

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    Director 

    Code 37
    Producer Dirk Impens
    Starring
  • Veerle Baetens
  • Michael Pas
  • Marc Lauwrys
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    Film based on the TV crime drama about a female detective who leads a police squad specialised in sexual offences. 

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