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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Birth of a Nation
1997
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Jonas in the Desert
1994
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Sleepless Nights Stories
2011
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Fragments of Paradise
2022
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Blonde Cobra
1963
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What Is Cinema?
2013
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365 Day Project
2007
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Home Movies 1971-81
1985
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Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
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Star Spangled to Death
2004
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Scotch Tape
1962
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Momma's Man
2008
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
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Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011
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Lavender
2010
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Bill's Hat
1967
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Huge Pupils
1968