Susan Jacobs
A pioneer in Music Supervision.
In 2017, Susan Jacobs was the historic winner of the first ever Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Supervision for the HBO series Big Little Lies, season finale episode, “You Get What You Need” and Emmy nominations for True Detective: Night Country and Pecados de mi Padre. She’s received multiple Guild of Music Supervisors for work on Out of My Mind, Wild Life, King Richard, Promising Young Woman, The Farwell, I, Tonya, Big Little Lies, American Hustle, Wild, and Silver Linings Playbook. She also has three Grammy nominations under her belt for Best Compilation Soundtrack for, Cruella, American Hustle and Little Miss Sunshine,
With a career spanning over twenty years, Susan has built a distinguished resume. She started her career in music at Island Records as the assistant to founder Chris Blackwell and eventually transitioned into artist management. Later she met director Robert Altman, which started her down the path of Music Supervision.