Lea Jacobs is an American film historian, author of The Wages of Sin (1991), Theatre to Cinema (1997), The Decline of Sentiment (2008), Film Rhythm After Sound (2015) and John Ford at Work (2025). She is professor emeritus of film at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Communication Arts.
- Occupation
- film historian, university teacher
- Born
- 1957, January 12, 1957
