Jake Helgren (born November 28, 1981, in Elgin, Texas) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter.
[1] Helgren studied creative writing at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas.
[1] Helgren has thrice been nominated for GLAAD Media Awards: in 2020 for Dashing in December as Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series, in 2023 for A Christmas to Treasure in the renamed category Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV,[2] and in 2024 for The Holiday Exchange in the same category.
[3] Helgren is gay;[4] about Dashing in December, he said he wrote and directed the film as an Americana romance and a "love letter to the ending" he wanted in Brokeback Mountain.
[5] This article about a United States film director born in the 1980s is a stub.