Jake Helgren

Jake Helgren is an American film producer, director and screenwriter. Helgren studied creative writing at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. Helgren has twice been nominated for GLAAD Media Awards: in 2020 for Dashing in December as Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series and in 2023 for A Christmas to Treasure in the renamed category Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV. Helgren is gay; about Dashing in December, he said he wrote and directed the film as an Americana romance and a "love letter to the ending" he wanted in Brokeback Mountain.