Ken Jacobs

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. Although Jacobs had studied painting with Hans Hoffman, he quickly gravitated to film, finding kindred spirits in radical filmmakers such as Jonas Mekas and Hollis Frampton. An early friendship with Jack Smith yielded several collaborations, including the seminal underground films Blonde Cobra (which Jonas Mekas dubbed "the masterpiece of Baudelairean cinema") and Little Stabs at Happiness, as well as a Provincetown beach-based live show, The Human Wreckage Review.

Known For

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Blonde Cobra
Blonde Cobra
What Is Cinema?
Scotch Tape
Lost, Lost, Lost
Homepage https://www.kenjacobsgallery.com/
Birth Location Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born 1933-05-25

Movies

One Dozen Roses Director
2023
Up the Illusion Director
2023
2023
Writhing City Director
2023
2023
2023
Spasm Director
2023
2022
2022
Eternal Beach Director
2021
2021
Double Wow Director
2021
2021
2021
Hoffman Student Director
2021
2021
Cartoonish 1-10 Director
2021
2021
Spiky Director
2020
2020
Storefront Director
2020
Clouds and Trees Director
2020
Bandit Director
2020
Whirlpool Director
2020
Hubble II Director
2020
Spaceworks Director
2020
Water Balloon Director
2020
Halley’s Comet Director
2020
Garage Wall Director
2020
Period Piece Director
2020
2020
Resting Merchant Director
2020
Street Commerce Director
2020
Flowers and Bike Director
2020
Neon Sign Director
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
Duck Director
2020
Fire Escape Director
2020
2020
Lazy City Director
2020
2020
Reading Society Director
2020
Natural Collage Director
2020
2020
City Foliage Director
2020
Bargains Director
2020
2020
2020
Bison Director
2020
DeKooning Passed Director
2020
2020
Doyer Street Director
2020
Facade with Face Director
2020
Barber Director
2020
RECIPROCAL Director
2020
Ken and Flo Director
2020
Red Green Director
2020
PAINTED POSTER Director
2020
Rain Clouds Director
2020
DR. TOOTHY Director
2020
Rubble Director
2020
CRUSH Director
2019
2019
Failure Director
2019
MOVING ROAD Director
2019
Things to Come Director
2019
Figures I - V Director
2019
2019
Above the Rain Director
2019
2019
2019
Cartoon Director
2019
2017
Get Up and Go Director
2017
2017
Windbreaker Director
2017
Reichstag 9/11 Director
2016
Molten Landscape Director
2016
Lurking Director
2016
2016
I'm Telling You Director
2016
2015
Chrysalis Director
2015
Wire Fence Director
2014
Canopy Director
2014
Pygmalion Cubed Director
2014
Celestial Bodies Director
2014
The Guests Director
2014
Popeye Sees 3-D Director
2014
2013
2012
Street Vendor Director
2012
20 Little Films Director
2012
2011
Revolving Door Director
2011
Turbulent Waters Director
2011
The Roses Director
2011
The Green Wave Director
2011
2011
2011
DAY AND NIGHT Director
2011
A Loft Editor
2010
A Loft Director
2010
2010
Walkway Director
2009
Brook Director
2009
Brain Operations Director
2009
2009
2009
Gravity Is Tops Director
2009
The Signing Director
2009
2009
The Discovery Director
2008
Alone at Last Director
2008
Elbow Dance Director
2008
The Scenic Route Director
2008
Love Story Director
2008
We Are Charming Director
2007
Nymph Director
2007
2007
Titles Director
2007
2007
2007
The Whirled Director
2007
2007
2007
Monks of Cinema Camera Operator
2006
2006
2005
Insistent Clamor Director
2005
Spiral Nebula Writer
2005
Spiral Nebula Director
2005
2005
2004
Star Spangled to Death Cinematography
2004
2004
2003
A Tom Tom Chaser Director
2002
1999
1996
1996
1995
1995
Keaton's Cops Writer
1991
Keaton's Cops Director
1991
Chronometer Director
1990
1986
Perfect Film Director
1985
1977
Spaghetti Aza Director
1976
Urban Peasants Director
1975
Changing Azazel Director
1973
1970
1969
Globe Director
1969
1968
Soft Rain Director
1968
Airshaft Director
1967
1st Window Director
1964
Window Producer
1964
Window Cinematography
1964
Window Editor
1964
Window Director
1964
We Stole Away Director
1964
1964
Winter Sky Director
1964
TV Plug Director
1963
Blonde Cobra Director
1963
1963
1962
1956
Orchard Street Director
1955