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Ken Jacobs

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Born: May 25, 1933 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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 of the downtown art scen...

Filmography34 TITLES
365 Day Project
10.0
365 Day Project2007
What Is Cinema?
6.5
What Is Cinema?2013
Jonas in the Desert
5.5
Jonas in the Desert1994
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
7.2
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches1968
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Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Art-House America: Austin Film Society2023
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
7.6
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty2000
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
6.6
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis2007
Sleepless Nights Stories
5.3
Sleepless Nights Stories2011
Birth of a Nation
6.3
Birth of a Nation1997
Fragments of Paradise
6.5
Fragments of Paradise2022
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
8.2
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life1986
Lost, Lost, Lost
7.0
Lost, Lost, Lost1976
Bill's Hat
Bill's Hat1967
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
9.0
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse2025
Star Spangled to Death
7.5
Star Spangled to Death2004
Momma's Man
6.2
Momma's Man2008
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
6.8
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film2011
Horizons
8.5
Horizons1973
Home Movies 1971-81
Home Movies 1971-811985
Lavender
Lavender2010
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages2022
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas2016
Nervous Ken
Nervous Ken2003
Blonde Cobra
2.8
Blonde Cobra1963
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
7.0
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin2011
Santos Dumont: Pré-Cineasta?
5.0
Santos Dumont: Pré-Cineasta?2010
Huge Pupils
Huge Pupils1968
Emma's Dilemma
1.0
Emma's Dilemma2012
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”1973
Quartet Number One
7.5
Quartet Number One1991
Scotch Tape
4.2
Scotch Tape1962
Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art
Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art2023
The Eternal Courtship
The Eternal Courtship2013
Shorts From the Underground
Shorts From the Underground2002