Zachary Jacobson joins Buddy from Brooklyn as executive consulting producer

Zachary “Zack” Jacobson has joined the feature film Buddy from Brooklyn as executive consulting producer, giving the project a direct family link to the life of horse trainer Howard “Buddy” Jacobson. The move adds racing history, personal context and creative input as the film develops its period crime story set in New York.

Why it matters: - Zachary Jacobson’s involvement gives Buddy from Brooklyn direct family access to the story it is adapting. - The production gains personal insight into the racing world, New York nightlife and the relationships that shaped Howard “Buddy” Jacobson’s life. - The film is being built as a period crime epic, so historical accuracy and lived context matter.

What happened: - Gural & Jacobson, LLC announced that Zachary “Zack” Jacobson has joined Buddy from Brooklyn as executive consulting producer. - The film is inspired by the life of Howard “Buddy” Jacobson, the New York horse trainer whose career and legal troubles made him a prominent figure in racing. - Jay Shapiro, writer and executive producer of Buddy from Brooklyn, said Jacobson brings a perspective no outside consultant could provide.

The details: - Jacobson will advise on family history, racing culture, character development and the social world around Buddy Jacobson. - His role will help the filmmakers recreate New York racetracks, Manhattan nightlife and the connected worlds of racing, fashion, entertainment and organized crime. - Jacobson comes from a Thoroughbred racing lineage that spans more than a century. - His great-great-uncle Hirsch Jacobs was a Hall of Fame trainer, breeder and owner with a record-setting career. - Hirsch Jacobs and his brothers, Sidney and Eugene Jacobs, established a family tradition that continued through later generations. - Buddy Jacobson became one of New York’s most successful and recognizable trainers during the 1960s and 1970s. - Jacobson’s father is also widely respected within the racing community. - Jacobson is also an artist, entertainer, film producer, musician and racehorse owner. - Jacobson and Shapiro share interests in visual storytelling, Indian art and culture, and gallery events that bring together artists, collectors and entertainment professionals.

Between the lines: - The hiring suggests the filmmakers want authenticity from someone with both family ties and creative experience. - The project is leaning into the collision of glamour, power and crime that defined parts of 1970s New York. - The family connection also helps distinguish the production from a standard biopic by grounding it in inherited memory and racing culture.

What's next: - Buddy from Brooklyn is being developed as an American period crime epic tracing Buddy Jacobson’s path from Brooklyn and the New York racing circuit into Manhattan nightlife, modeling, organized crime, scandal, murder, imprisonment and a fugitive chapter. - The film will also examine the racing dynasty behind Buddy Jacobson and the personal relationships that influenced his life. - More information is available at the project website.

The bottom line: - Zachary Jacobson’s addition gives Buddy from Brooklyn a built-in connection to the real-life story, the racing history and the New York world the film aims to portray.