Jake Rademacher is the Founder and President of Metanoia Films and Perseverance Productions.  Between 2005-2007, Jake risked everything, including his life, to tell the story of his brothers serving in Iraq.  While filming this award-winning feature film, Brothers At War, Jake embedded with multiple units, filmed numerous combat engagements, and interviewed more than forty combat veterans in the warzone. After receiving standing ovations in movie theaters across America, the film premiered on Showtime on Memorial Day, before being released around the world.

To help Service Members and their Families heal and improve communication within their families, Jake created a series of Workshops and Seminars which have been conducted for more than 60,000 Service Members and their Families since 2011.

With Gary Sinise returning as his Executive Producer, Jake directed and produced Brothers After War, winner of Best Documentary Audience Choice Award at the San Diego International Film Festival. Brothers After War was released in movie theaters across America. Jake has also written, directed, and produced numerous commercials, and short films.

Jake received a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.  He was awarded the Distinguished Education Award from the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Soaring Eagle Award from the National Veterans Day Foundation. The Caucus of Producers, Writers, and Directorsawarded him the Distinguished Service Award. He is an honorary Colonel in the Oklahoma National Guard.  He is a Canon Chasing the Light Filmmaker and member of the Directors Guild of America. A SAG-AFTRA member, he has performed in numerous theatrical productions, films, and narrated hundreds of documentary series, and commercials. He graduated cum laude with a degree in English from the University of Notre Dame and studied playwriting and drama at Trinity College Dublin. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is a dedicated father to his two children, Josie and Noel.