Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois Justin Jackola realized his passion for filmmaking while creating films in place of poster boards in grade school. His storytelling abilities eventually led him to study film at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Flashpoint Academy.From there he was invited to create content at Leo Burnett advertising agency where he worked on clients such as McDonalds, Coke, and Maytag/Whirlpool. Justin left Burnett to begin his journey in Film, TV, and Commercial production.Justin launched JJack Productions in January 2012. Leading projects that have culminated to his success today. In 2015 Justin became an in house Director/Content Creator at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, Stage 18.