OUR MISSION: to cultivate, support, and protect artistic integrity.

To create art that makes a difference, that inspires. Be helpful to humanity.

Encourage collaboration, compassion, and love for the process. 

JONATHAN T. BAKER

is a two-time Emmy–nominated producer, artist, and coach working across film, television, documentary, and theater.

Most recently, he produced the psychological thriller The Dutchman, starring Kate Mara, André Holland, Zazie Beetz, and Aldis Hodge, which premiered at SXSW 2025. He also executive produced and directed MSNBC Films’ Serving in Secret, part of The Turning Point documentary series executive produced by Trevor Noah, featuring Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Rachel Maddow, and Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

JB’s feature credits include Amazon Studios’ Sylvie’s Love, starring Tessa Thompson, Eva Longoria, and Nnamdi Asomugha, which premiered at Sundance 2020 and received a Primetime Emmy nomination, and Apple’s The Banker, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, and Nicholas Hoult. He is also the filmmaker behind the viral cult musical satire Manifest Destiny Down: Spacetime.

Additional credits include The Knife (Tribeca 2024), starring Nnamdi Asomugha, Melissa Leo, and Aja Naomi King; the Emmy-nominated documentary The One and Only Dick Gregory (Showtime); and Crown Heights, which won the Audience Award at Sundance and was acquired by Amazon Studios. His work spans studio, independent, and documentary filmmaking.

On stage, he produced The Harder They Come recently at The Public Theater.

Before producing independently, JB worked at Sony Pictures Entertainment, first in television research, then at Screen Gems and TriStar Pictures as Marketing Manager. He helped release over forty major theatrical films, of which ten achieved #1 at the box-office. Some noteworthy films include Closer (dir. Mike Nichols), Adaptation (dir. Spike Jonze), Big Fish (dir. Tim Burton), Boogeyman (#1 at the box office), Underworld (#1 at the box office), In The Cut (dir. Jane Campion), You Got Served (#1 at the box office), the Resident Evil franchise, and Exorcism of Emily Rose, Lords of Dogtown (dir. Catherine Hardwicke), Oliver Twist (dir. Roman Polanski), Running with Scissors (dir. Ryan Murphy), and Silent Hill. He also Co-Produced the documentaries Fang vs. Fiction (AMC), The Real Exorcist (A & E), and Real Premonitions (A & E). 

Prior to moving to Hollywood, JB worked on Wall Street at Salomon Brothers Asset Management in Institutional Sales, and on Broadway at The Nederlander Producing Company of America. He worked with Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, Dionne Warwick, Neil Young, Paul Simon, and many other legendary artists.  He produced documentaries that starred Lea DeLaria, Geoffrey Holder, Liliane Montevecchi, and Julie Wilson. 

JB has made many short films. He received a Best Actor award for his performance in Thank You for Not Smoking, an official entry in the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.  He composed, directed, and performed in the musical short film, Naked: A Guy’s Musical, distributed by Shorts International, in 2007. He produced, co-directed, and composed the score for the short Harper Finch in 2014.

JB is an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon’s Masters of Entertainment Industry Management program in the Heinz School of Public Policy and at GIOCA, a graduate program at the University of Bologna, Italy. 

JB studied Musical Theater at  The Boston Conservatory of Music and The University of Michigan School of Music.  He studied directing and acting at the University of California, Los Angeles Extension Program under Don Richardson.

He is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America.

Leah (Silberman) Konings

Director of Development

Leah has been with JB Productions for ten years, playing a key role across a range of acclaimed projects. She produced the MSNBC Films documentary Serving in Secret and worked under JB on the feature film The Knife, starring Nnamdi Asomugha and Melissa Leo, as well as the The Dutchman, both recently released in theaters. Her other credits include Amazon’s critically acclaimed film Sylvie’s Love and serving as Associate Producer on true crime docu-series Hola Mama and stoner-comedy Manifest Destiny Down: Spacetime. As Director of Development, Leah oversees the creative development of all projects under the JB Productions banner, spanning feature films, narrative television, and unscripted content.

Leah graduated from University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music with high honors with a Bachelor of Science in Music Industry. Prior to USC, she attended Berklee College of Music as a Vocal Performance and Music Business double-major.

As an artist, you can find her as Leah Capelle on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and all other music streaming and social media platforms.

JADE HILL

Creative Executive

Jade is the Story Producer on the true crime docuseries Hola Mama, currently in post-production. She was the lead researcher and Associate Producer on the GLAAD Award nominated MSNBC Film Serving in Secret: Love, Country, and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, co-produced with TIME Studios. She is developing the hit anthropology book, Sex at Dawn into a documentary feature film, which she will co-direct; and producing the feature documentary on Jonathan Larson and the making of his groundbreaking Broadway musical RENT.

She formerly worked as the Head of Operations for Musichead, an art gallery focused on the history of music and film, and as an Executive Assistant to the board of TuesdayNights, an organization for women in business.

Jade is currently attending Yale University to study History and Film. 

AUDREY CICERELLO

Executive Assistant

Born and raised in New York City, Audrey developed a deep passion for film early on—a passion that grew exponentially during her undergraduate years at Tulane University in New Orleans, where she studied global politics through the lens of Western media. After graduating, she joined AMC Networks in the acquisitions department, gaining experience on the business side of the industry. She has also worked in physical production on projects including A24’s Babygirl, Netflix’s Monster series, and Invention Studios’ upcoming feature In Memoriam. Audrey is especially passionate about queer storytelling and genre-bending narrative fiction. She believes firmly in cinema’s unique power to unify and inspire, particularly in times of political and cultural unrest.