Jake Graf

Jake Graf

Place of Birth
London, England
Known For
Directing

Details

Place of Birth
London, England
Known For
Directing

Biography

Jake Graf, born in London, is a transgender actor, writer, and director. Currently living in the United Kingdom.

Graf specializes in short films dealing with transgender issues in an effort to normalize queer and trans experiences to a wider, more mainstream audience. Many of Graf’s films emphasize the daily lived experiences of trans men.

According to Graf, he was vocal from a young age about his knowledge of being a boy, despite being raised and treated as a girl. Feeling that he was missing parts that other boys had, Graf felt isolated and reclusive as a child. Around the age of puberty, Graf learned to keep these feelings to himself, until eventually beginning the process of transitioning at 28 years old.

Graf's first work within the industry was a screenplay dealing with his experiences in making a female to male transition. Short films such as X-WHY (2011), Brace (2015), and Chance (2015) have given the film director a way to open up about his sexual identity by explaining what it was like to go through the process of being a transgender individual.

Jake Graf and his wife, Hannah Winterbourne, announced their engagement in 2017 after Graf proposed in New York City. Winterbourne is an engineer with the British Army and currently is the highest ranking transgender officer. The couple has expressed interest in having children, and will likely do so through surrogacy.

Jake Graf's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl
Henri
Boys On Film 16: Possession
Boys On Film 16: Possession
Director

Acting (8)

2022
Lilith & Eve as Archangel
2020
Our Baby: A Modern Miracle as Self
2018
Colette as Gaston De Caillavet
2017
Headspace
2016
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide as Adam (segment "Brace")
2015
The Danish Girl as Henri
2015
Brace as Adam
2015
Chance as Yob In Park 1

Directing (11)

2023
Stone • Director
• Director
2019
Listen • Director
• Director
2019
Boys On Film 19: No Ordinary Boy • Director
• Director
2018
Bully • Director
• Director
• Director
2017
Dusk • Director
• Director
2017
Headspace • Director
• Director
2016
Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied • Director
• Director
2016
Dawn • Director
• Director
2015
Chance • Director
• Director
2011
X-Why • Director
• Director

Production (6)

2017
Dusk • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Dawn • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide • Producer
• Producer
2015
Brace
• Executive Producer
• Producer
2015
Chance • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer

Writing (11)

2023
Stone • Writer
• Writer
2019
Boys On Film 19: No Ordinary Boy • Writer
• Writer
• Writer
2017
Dusk • Writer
• Writer
2016
Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied • Writer
• Writer
2016
Dawn
• Story
• Writer
2016
Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide • Writer
• Writer
2015
Brace • Writer
• Writer
2015
Chance
• Story
• Writer