Ken Jacobs
Directing · Editor · Director · Technical Supervisor
Born May 25, 1933 · Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Active 1955–2025 · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Maya Deren Award
A pioneer of the American film avant-garde of the 1960s and '70s, Ken Jacobs is a central figure in post-war experimental cinema.
Filmography
Depth for One Eye or Two — DirectorSky Dive — DirectorSpotted Fever — DirectorBook of Eternalisms 39 (2025) — DirectorBOOK OF ETERNALISMS 40 (2025) — DirectorThe Death of P'town (1961) — DirectorHorizons (1973)Star Spangled to Death (2004) — Oscar Friendly / Ringmaster / Janitor · Director · Cinematography · Writer · EditorCircling Zero: Part One, We See Absence (2002) — DirectorThe Georgetown Loop (1996) — DirectorChanging Azazel (1973) — DirectorTom, Tom, the Piper's Son (1969) — DirectorWindbreaker (2017) — DirectorLittle Stabs at Happiness (1963) — DirectorMomma's Man (2008) — DadQuartet Number One (1991)Orchard Street (1955) — DirectorOpening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1991) — Director · WriterKeaton's Cops (1991) — Writer · DirectorCelestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise (2005) — Director · Editor · ProducerJonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days (2009) — DirectorCapitalism: Slavery (2007) — DirectorThe Discovery (2008) — DirectorScotch Tape (1962)