Jacob
Topen

Jacob Swan Topen is a Scottish director, editor and composer, and an Associate Producer at RadicalMedia London.

He is half of the comedy writing and directing duo Book of Jam with Ibrahim Clayton, making shorts for BBC Studios, BBC Scotland and BBC Three, including A Better Place, I Shoulda' Died! and The Comeback. His short Antonio's Tale won Best Director at the St Andrews Film Festival.

As a composer and music producer he has scored work for Fielmann, Issey Miyake Parfums and Habitat × Pinterest, blending orchestral writing with electronics, field recordings and texture. He holds a Master's with Distinction in Sound for the Moving Image from the Glasgow School of Art, where he later lectured.