Jacob Kader was born in Provo, Utah to a Palestinian Father and a Mormon Mother, the youngest of four. His family moved from Utah to Northern Virginia in the early Eighties and he grew up as many Palestinian-Mormon children do – confounded. He studied Film and Media as an undergraduate at Temple University and moved to New York in 2001 to freelance in the commercial film, video, and television industry. Jacob is currently an M.F.A. Candidate in
Film Directing and Writing at Columbia University's School of the Arts. His most recent short film, Parade of Horribles, will screen at the 2007 Columbia University Film Festival. He enjoys acting and recently played a role in the 2004 and 2006 Arab-American Comedy Festivals. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two cats.