Ken Jacobs
Directing 1933-05-25 Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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 scene of the 1960s, which included artists Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol, beat writers Allen Ginsb…
Known For
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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
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⭐ 6.5
What Is Cinema?
2013
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⭐ 7.0
Birth of a Nation
1997
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365 Day Project
2007
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Jonas in the Desert
1994
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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
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Blonde Cobra
1963
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⭐ 5.3
Sleepless Nights Stories
2011
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
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Home Movies 1971-81
1985
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Momma's Man
2008
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⭐ 6.5
Fragments of Paradise
2022
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⭐ 6.8
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011
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⭐ 7.7
Star Spangled to Death
2004
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Bill's Hat
1967
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Lavender
2010
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Huge Pupils
1968
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Scotch Tape
1962