Occupation Filmmaker Name Ken Jacobs | Role Filmmaker Spouse Flo Jacobs | |
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Born 1933 (age 82–83) Brooklyn, New York, United States Notable work Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Children Azazel Jacobs, Nisi Jacobs Education City College of New York, City University of New York Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada, National Society of Film Critics Experimental Film Award Movies Star Spangled to Death, Blonde Cobra, Tom - Tom - the Piper's Son, Momma's Man, Seeking the Monkey King Similar People Jack Smith, Jonas Mekas, Azazel Jacobs, Pip Chodorov, Pen‑Ek Ratanaruang |
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Ken Jacobs (born 1933 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American experimental filmmaker. He is the director of Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (1969, USA), which was admitted to the National Film Registry in 2007. His Star Spangled to Death (2004, USA) is a nearly seven-hour film consisting largely of found footage.
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- Day and night ken jacobs
- Interview wKen Jacobs and Ken Kelman
- Selected filmography
- Awards and accolades
- References

Jacobs taught at the Cinema Department at Harpur College at Binghamton University from 1969 to 2002. His son Azazel Jacobs is also a filmmaker.

Interview w/Ken Jacobs and Ken Kelman
Selected filmography

Awards and accolades

He is a recipient of the 1994 American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award. in 2012 he received a Creative Capital Moving Image grant award.
References
Ken Jacobs Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA