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
Book of Eternalisms 39 (2025) - DirectorSpotted Fever - DirectorDepth for One Eye or Two - DirectorBOOK OF ETERNALISMS 43 (2026) - DirectorBOOK OF ETERNALISMS 40 (2025) - DirectorThe Death of P'town (1961) - DirectorHorizons (1973)Star Spangled to Death (2004) - Oscar Friendly / Ringmaster / Janitor · Director · Writer · Cinematography · 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) - Director · WriterCelestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise (2005) - Director · Editor · ProducerJonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days (2009) - DirectorCapitalism: Slavery (2007) - DirectorThe Discovery (2008) - DirectorScotch Tape (1962)