Jackie
Kelman Bisbee

Jackie Kelman Bisbee is a commercial, feature, and documentary producer and Co-Founder of Park Pictures. She started the company in 1998 with director-cinematographer Lance Acord. Park Pictures has earned Cannes Lions, Emmys, Clios, and the Palme d’Or for Production Company of the Year. Under Jackie’s leadership, the company has created award-winning work for brands including Apple, Nike, Google, and Adidas. Park Pictures is known for its distinct visual storytelling and acclaimed roster of directors, whose work includes many of the past two decades’ most recognizable campaigns. 

In 2011, she launched Park Features with Sam Bisbee. Across seventeen Sundance premieres, features like Cop Car and Robot & Frank established first-time directors who now helm studio tentpoles, while The Sentence, Earth Mama, and The Perfect Neighbor have brought stories of incarceration, the foster system, and stand-your-ground violence to wide audiences. The slate has earned Academy, BAFTA, Emmy, Independent Spirit, and DGA Awards, including an Academy Award for the short film The New Tenants and a 2026 Academy Award nomination for The Perfect Neighbor. Jackie won a Primetime Emmy for The Sentence. 

She was raised in New Jersey by immigrant parents and studied at NYU’s Business School. Jackie received the Jacob Javits Lifetime Achievement Award from the ALS Association and serves on the NYCLASS. She lives in Chelsea with her husband, Sam, and a menagerie of animals. 

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