Jake Schmiedicke has been making movies since he was sixteen, when he first picked up his parents' Hi-8 camera. Since then he has written, directed, and produced his own films with a lot of help from his friends and family. Many of these films were screened at small local student film festivals, where they won several awards.

In his home state of Michigan, he attended Compass Film Academy's Film 401 course in 2003 where he learned better storytelling techniques and technical skills, including editing. As he went to college in California he continued to make short films and screen them at school dances, always striving to improve his storytelling and technical prowess. Having graduated with a Bachelor of the Arts degree, he is currently involved with the independent film project Vladimir, back home in west Michigan. He hopes to continue writing and directing independent films in Michigan, eventually with budgets big enough to take advantage of the tax credit.