Jake Gorst is an Emmy® award winning documentary filmmaker and the Director of Mainspring Pictures Ltd.

Recent films directed by Gorst include “New England Modernism: Revolutionary Architecture in the 20th Century” (2024, Mainspring Narrative Films), “The Nature of Modernism: E. Stewart Williams, Architect” (2014, Design Onscreen), “Modern Tide: Midcentury Architecture on Long Island” (2012, Design Onscreen), “William Krisel, Architect” (2010, Design Onscreen), “Journeyman Architect: The Life and Work of Donald Wexler” (2009, Design Onscreen) and “Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs” (2006, Design Onscreen). His films “Farmboy” (2006, Jonamac Productions), and “Leisurama” (2005, Jonamac Productions), have been in national U.S. public television distribution.

Gorst has also been a contributing writer to VOX Hamptons, HOME Miami and Modernism magazines.