Gerard Jacobs

Gerard Jacobs (born 1953) is a Dutch writer and journalist.

For many years he worked as a correspondent for De Volkskrant and for radio and TV in the Middle East, Africa, and other places.

[1] Between 1986 and 2005 he travelled as a reporter across Siberia and witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The documentary Gold: Forgotten in Siberia [nl] (1994),[4] based on the book Goudkoorts[5] received a Special Mention at the 1995 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels.

[6] The documentary Stalin had een brug beloofd (Stalin Promised a Bridge) won the Grand Prize (Golden Calf) at the 10th Netherlands Film Festival (1996) in the category "Best Short Documentary.