Robert Nelson Jacobs

Robert Nelson Jacobs
Jacobs in August 2015
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
Yale University
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1997–present

Robert Nelson Jacobs (born 1954) is an American screenwriter. In 2000, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Chocolat. Jacobs is a board member and past president of the Writers Guild Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting and preserving the craft of writing for the screen.[1]

  1. ^ "Writers Guild Foundation elects 2014-15 directors, appoints Oscar-nominated writer Robert Nelson Jacobs president - Writers Guild Foundation". Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2014.