Ken Jacobs


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Actor | Director | Writer | Editor | Producer

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...

Place of Birth: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Date of Birth: May 25, 1933


Filmography

Actor (12 Known Credits)


Director (103 Known Credits)


Above the Rain

Director

Windbreaker

Director

Get Up and Go

Director

Reichstag 9/11

Director

Canopy

Director

The Guests

Director

Wire Fence

Director

Street Vendor

Director

DAY AND NIGHT

Director

A Loft

Director

The Green Wave

Director

The Roses

Director

Elbow Dance

Director

Alone at Last

Director

The Discovery

Director

Nymph

Director

The Whirled

Director

Spiral Nebula

Director

Keaton's Cops

Director

Perfect Film

Director

Spaghetti Aza

Director

Urban Peasants

Director

Globe

Director

Soft Rain

Director

Airshaft

Director

Window

Director

Blonde Cobra

Director

Orchard Street

Director

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Windbreaker (2017)
Director
Director
Get Up and Go (2017)
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Director
Director
Canopy (2014)
Director
The Guests (2014)
Director
Wire Fence (2014)
Director
Director
Director
Street Vendor (2012)
Director
Director
DAY AND NIGHT (2011)
Director
A Loft (2011)
Director
Director
Director
The Roses (2011)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Elbow Dance (2008)
Director
Alone at Last (2008)
Director
The Discovery (2008)
Director
Director
Nymph (2007)
Director
Director
The Whirled (2007)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Spiral Nebula (2005)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Keaton's Cops (1991)
Director
Perfect Film (1985)
Director
Director
Spaghetti Aza (1976)
Director
Director
Director
Globe (1969)
Director
Soft Rain (1968)
Director
Director
Airshaft (1967)
Director
Window (1964)
Director
Blonde Cobra (1963)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director

Writer (8 Known Credits)


Editor (2 Known Credits)


Window (1964)
Editor

Producer (1 Known Credits)


Window

Producer

Window (1964)
Producer

Cinematography (2 Known Credits)


Star Spangled to Death

Cinematography

Window

Cinematography

Cinematography
Window (1964)
Cinematography

Technical Supervisor (1 Known Credits)


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