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Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse2025* 8.2
Laboratorium Anthology1999* NR
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty2000* 7.8
Fragments of Paradise2022* 6.5
365 Day Project2007* 10.0
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches1968* 7.3
Birth of a Nation1997* 7.0
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life1986* 8.4
What Is Cinema?2013* 6.4
Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”1973* NR
Reminiscences of Jonas Mekas2016* NR
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film2011* 6.8
Santos Dumont: Pré-Cineasta?2010* 5.0
Home Movies 1971-811985* NR
Blonde Cobra1963* 3.0
Lost, Lost, Lost1976* 7.1
Jonas in the Desert1994* 6.4
Art-House America: Austin Film Society2023* NR
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis2007* 6.7
Bill's Hat1967* NR
Flo and Ken Jacobs2001* NR
Star Spangled to Death2004* 7.7
Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman2011* NRPlease Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages2022* NR
Sleepless Nights Stories2011* 5.3
Quartet Number One1991* 7.5
Up the Illusion2023* NR
Momma's Man2008* 6.2
Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin2011* 7.0
Horizons1973* 8.5
About Space and Depth2026* NRShorts From the Underground2002* NR
Nervous Ken2003* NR
Lavender2010* NR
The Eternal Courtship2013* NR
Emma's Dilemma2012* 1.0
Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art2023* NR
Huge Pupils1968* NR
Scotch Tape1963* 4.4
Ken Jacobs
DirectingBorn 25 May 1933Williamsburg, 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 Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac; and the experimental theater troupes of Trisha Brown and Yvonne Rainer. Althou…
Known For & Filmography
Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse2025* 8.2Laboratorium Anthology1999* NRAs I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty2000* 7.8Fragments of Paradise2022* 6.5365 Day Project2007* 10.0Diaries, Notes, and Sketches1968* 7.3Birth of a Nation1997* 7.0He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life1986* 8.4What Is Cinema?2013* 6.4Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”1973* NRReminiscences of Jonas Mekas2016* NRFree Radicals: A History of Experimental Film2011* 6.8Santos Dumont: Pré-Cineasta?2010* 5.0Home Movies 1971-811985* NRBlonde Cobra1963* 3.0Lost, Lost, Lost1976* 7.1Jonas in the Desert1994* 6.4Art-House America: Austin Film Society2023* NRJack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis2007* 6.7Bill's Hat1967* NRFlo and Ken Jacobs2001* NRStar Spangled to Death2004* 7.7Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman2011* NRPlease Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages2022* NRSleepless Nights Stories2011* 5.3Quartet Number One1991* 7.5Up the Illusion2023* NRMomma's Man2008* 6.2Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin2011* 7.0Horizons1973* 8.5About Space and Depth2026* NRShorts From the Underground2002* NRNervous Ken2003* NRLavender2010* NRThe Eternal Courtship2013* NREmma's Dilemma2012* 1.0Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art2023* NRHuge Pupils1968* NRScotch Tape1963* 4.4Data by TMDB. Not endorsed or certified by TMDB.