Ken Jacobs
Known for exceptional directing in global cinema.
Profession
Directing
Birthday
25 May 1933
Age
93 Years
Born In
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Total Projects
36
Years Active
63 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.6 ★
Overview
A pioneer of the American film avant-garde of the 1960s and '70s, Ken Jacobs is a central figure in post-war experimental cinema. From his first films of the late 1950s to his recent experiments with digital video, his investigations and innovations have influenced countless artists. A New Yorker by birth, Jacobs graduated from City University to find himself in the midst...
Known For
What Is Cinema?
2013
365 Day Project
2007
Jonas in the Desert
1994
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
2023
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
Birth of a Nation
1997
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976
Fragments of Paradise
2022
Filmography
movie
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
as Self
movie
Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art
Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art
as Self
movie
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
as Self
movie
Up the Illusion
Up the Illusion
movie
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
movie
Fragments of Paradise
Fragments of Paradise
as Self
movie
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
movie
What Is Cinema?
What Is Cinema?
as Self
movie
The Eternal Courtship
The Eternal Courtship
movie
Emma's Dilemma
Emma's Dilemma
as Himself
movie
Sleepless Nights Stories
Sleepless Nights Stories
as Self
movie
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
as Himself
movie
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
as Himself
movie
Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman
Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman
movie
Santos Dumont: Pré-Cineasta?
Santos Dumont: Pré-Cineasta?
as Himself
movie
Lavender
Lavender
as Self
movie
Momma's Man
Momma's Man
as Dad
movie
365 Day Project
365 Day Project
as Self
movie
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
movie
Star Spangled to Death
Star Spangled to Death
as Oscar Friendly / Ringmaster / Janitor
movie
Nervous Ken
Nervous Ken
movie
Shorts From the Underground
Shorts From the Underground
as Self
movie
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
as Self
movie
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation
as Self
movie
Jonas in the Desert
Jonas in the Desert
as Self
movie
Quartet Number One
Quartet Number One
movie
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
movie
Home Movies 1971-81
Home Movies 1971-81
movie
Lost, Lost, Lost
Lost, Lost, Lost
as Self
movie
Horizons
Horizons
movie
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
movie
Huge Pupils
Huge Pupils
as Himself
movie
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
movie
Bill's Hat
Bill's Hat
movie
Blonde Cobra
Blonde Cobra
movie
Scotch Tape