Jonathan Jakubowicz is an acclaimed Venezuelan filmmaker and writer. His breakthrough film, Secuestro Express, was recognized as a "Critics' Pick" by The New York Times in 2005. He has since directed the films Hands of Stone (starring Edgar Ramirez, Ana de Armas, and Robert DeNiro) and Resistance (starring Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, and Bella Ramsey). In 2016, Jakubowicz’s debut novel Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard became a bestseller in the Spanish-language market, and one of the bestselling books from a Venezuelan author of all time.