Jackson Greenberg

Jackson began his career as an assistant in the studio of legendary film composer Randy Newman before scoring his first feature film, Cartel Land (2015). Cartel Land is one of several award-nominated films featuring his original compositions. His work on Audible (2023) for Netflix earned an Academy Award nomination, while Let Me Be Me (2023) was nominated for an Emmy.

Among his individual honors, Jackson received a Hollywood Music in Media Award for his work on Audible, a Cinema Eye nomination for Best Documentary Score for Cartel Land, and was named a fellow at the 2017 Sundance Composers Lab at Skywalker Ranch.

To date, Jackson has composed original music for over forty film and television projects, working with major studios and networks including HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Fox, Paramount, Showtime, Disney, FX, and A+E. He has collaborated with esteemed directors such as Julie Pacino, Emmy-nominated director Peter Berg, and Martin Scorsese, most recently composing the entire original score for all eight episodes of Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints.

Beyond film and television, Jackson has received commissions for original compositions from the Slovakian National Symphony and the Grammy nominated New York string quintet Sybarite 5.

Selected Credits

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SERIES

Race to Survive
Netflix
Director: Jordan Bogdonavage
Producers: Box to Box Films

Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints
Fox Nation / Lionsgate
Director: Matti Leshem , Elizabeth Chomko
Producers: Nicholas Caprio, John Kalning
Starring: Martin Scorsese

Music Box: DMX: Don’t Try to Understand
HBO
Director: Christopher Frierson, Clark Slater
Producers: Christopher Frierson, Barak Moffitt, Daniel Segler, Robert Alexander
Starring: DMX

Boys in Blue
Showtime
Director: Peter Berg
Producers: Charles Box, Mandon Lovett
Starring: Deshaun Hill

Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza
Paramount +
Director: Michael John Warren, Kenneth A. La Barre
Producers: Charles Attal, Perry Farrell, Malik Johnson, Berkeley Reinhold,Charlie Walker

Music Box
HBO
Producers: Nancy Abraham, Geoff Chow, Marc Cimino

Explained (Composer – Theme Music)
Netflix
Producers: Claire Gordon, Ezra Klein, Chad Mumm, Joe Posner
Starring: Estelle Caswell

Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole
A+E Networks
Director: Mario Diaz, Peter LoGreco
Producers: Erik Christensen, Stephanie Lincoln

Dating Around
Netflix
Director: James Adolphus, Wylda Bayron, Zach Zamboni
Producers: Wesley Dening, Richard Kathlean, Alycia Rossiter
Starring: Jarry Lee, Jonathan A. Hanna, Antonio Troina

Afflicted
Netflix
Producers: Julio A. Pabon, Ashley York, Stephanie Lincoln
Starring: Estelle Caswell

Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On
Netflix
Director: Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus, Peter LoGreco, Sandra C. Alvarez, Rashida Jones
Producers: Victoria Gamburg
Starring: James Rhine, Lauren Phillips, Akira Lane

FILM

Merchants of Joy
Boat Rocker Studios
Director: Celia Aniskovich
Producers: Celia Aniskovich, Joshuah Bearman, Joshua Davis, Arthur Spector, Zoe Vock

I Live Here Now
Utopia
Director: Julie Pacino
Producers: Kyle Kaminsky, Julie Pacino, Jake Seal
Starring: Lucy Fry, Madeline Brewer

Madu (Documentary)
Disney +
Director: Matthew Ogens, Joel Kachi Benson
Producers: Rachel Halilej, Katie McNeill, Jamie Patricof

Motherland
Choice Films
Director: Evan Matthews
Producers: Tony Glazer, Lana Link, Summer Crockett Moore, Rob Pfaltzgraff
Starring: Holland Taylor, Nestor Carbonell

AKA Jane Roe
FX Network
Director: Nick Sweeney
Producers: Kerstin Emhoff, Chiemi Karasawa, Tina Pavlides, Nick Sweeney
Starring: Norma McCorvey

Let Me Be Me
Wavelength
Director: Dan Crane, Katie Taber
Producers: Joe Plummer
Starring: Kyle Westphal
*2023 Outstanding Arts & Culture Emmy Nominee

Maybe This Year
Kino Lorbeer
Director: Kyle Thrash, Jenifer Westphal
Producers: Joe Plummer, Ian Ross, Kyle Thrash

City of Ghosts (Documentary)
IFC Films
Director: Matthew Heinemann
Producers: Matthew Heinemann

Cartel Land (Documentary)
The Orchard
Director: Matthew Heinemann
Producers: Matthew Heinemann
*2016 Nonfiction Programming Emmy Award Nominee
*2016 Best Documentary Academy Award Nominee

SHORT FILM

Audible
Netflix
Director: Matthew Ogens
Producer: Geoff McLean
Starring: Amaree McKenstry-Hall
*2021 Nominee for Best Documentary Short Academy Award