"A filmmaking force to be reckoned with."
Loren Bivens - Special FX Artist; Blood Simple, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4, Stephen King's Desperation

"Valhalla is a worthless piece of shit."
James McLean - Producer; Death and Pancakes

"[Jacob Strunk] could have a true independent classic on his hands."
Joel Pearce - DVD Verdict

"He's a genuine creep with a great eye."
Teller - The smaller, quieter half of Penn & Teller

"[A Shadow Before Sunrise] is warped, deeply disturbing, and my kind of film."
David Roy - Director; Mad Song

"A deranged squirrel digging holes in the yard...is more interesting than Valhalla."
Phil Hall - Film Threat

"No one frames a shot more compellingly than Jacob Strunk. With confidence, sensitivity and remarkable skill... Strunk conveys tragic, yet simple sorrows shrouded in undeniable beauty."
Warren Etheredge - Founder, The Warren Report; Curator, 1 Reel Film Festival

"I cracked open [Valhalla] last night and marveled... The meditative qualities were beautiful."
Shade Rupe - Editor, Funeral Party Volumes 1 & 2

"Brilliant. Unsettling. Thought provoking."
Rachael Raffel - University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast M.F.A. in Creative Writing

"Your prose is excellent and I am certain your authorship provides you, as mine does me, with a certainty of vision that I discover, to my surprise, is not shared by others."
Arthur Penn - Director; Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man, Lumière and Company

"I would recommend [A Shadow Before Sunrise]. If you want to see an artist at work. If you want to see how a skilled filmmaker can meticulously create a scene and create a mood."
Bill Nagel - MicroCinema Magazine

"He has incredible reserves of creativity, linguistic acumen, and soul.  He moves people. He cannot help but move people."
Richard Horan - Author; Goose Music, Life in the Rainbow

"I especially recommend [Valediction] to anyone looking at how circumstances push human beings into actions that cause headlines."
B. Lynn Goodwin - Writer Advice

"I hope to teach Valhalla as an example of great direction."
Warren Etheredge - Founder, The Warren Report; Curator, 1 Reel Film Festival

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