Ken Jacobs

Director

Born: May 25, 1933
Died: October 5, 2025 (age 92)
From: 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…

Filmography (312)

Downtown Loft with Skylights (2026)
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A Date with Shirley
A Date with Shirley (2026)
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BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 43 (2026)
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BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 41 (2026)
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BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 42 (2026)
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BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 40 (2025)
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Book of Eternalisms 39 (2025)
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Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse (2025)
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BMT
BMT (2025)
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Riverbed
Riverbed (2024)
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Tourists of the Familiar 70
Tourists of the Familiar 70 (2024)
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Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art (2023)
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Book of Eternalisms 8 (2023)
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Book of Eternalisms 7 (2023)
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For James Otis
For James Otis (2023)
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Art-House America: Austin Film Society (2023)
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Up the Illusion (2023)
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2023)
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Writhing City (2023)
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Other Urban Lives (2023)
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From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight (2023)
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Book of Eternalisms 1-6 (2023)
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Spasm (2023)
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Whims of Twenty Twenty-Three (2023)
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Tourists of the Familiar 1 (2023)
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Tourists of the Familiar 5 (2023)
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Tourists of the Familiar 10 (2023)
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Tourists of the Familiar 15 (2023)
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Tourists of the Familiar 20 (2023)
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Manhattan is an Island
Manhattan is an Island (2023)
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