Jack Baxter is a filmmaker and freelance journalist from New York City. He directed and produced the 1995 documentary "Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X." Mr. Baxter and his wife, Executive Producer Fran Strauss-Baxter, are the producers of the award-winning documentary, "Blues by The Beach" (2004). Jack is the co-author of the graphic novel, "Mike's Place: A True Story of Love, Blues, and Terror in Tel Aviv" (2015). Baxter's documentary "The Last Sermon" (2020) was awarded the Prix de l'Espoir at the 6th International Human Rights Film Festival in Tunis, Tunisia.
On April 30, 2003, Jack Baxter was seriously wounded in a suicide bombing while making a documentary about a live music bar called Mike's Place in Tel Aviv, Israel.