Jacob Moe

Jacob Moe is a filmmaker, archivist and translator. He is founder and director of Archipelago Network, an initiative leading preservation, documentation and dissemination of audiovisual heritage and material knowledge in the Cyclades islands. He studied Politics at Pomona College in Los Angeles (BA) and Social Documentation at the University of California, Santa Cruz (MFA). Between 2013-2022 he co-founded and led the Syros International Film Festival, an outdoor, site-specific showcase for a wide spectrum of cinema in traditional and repurposed island sites.

His research practice includes radio and film documentary media production, with a focus on peer-to-peer methodologies for knowledge-building in island communities. In parallel to these pursuits, he is an English-language translator of Modern Greek history, fiction and poetry.