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

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Interview w/Ken Jacobs and Ken Kelman


Selected filmography

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  • Little Stabs at Happiness (1960), 14:57 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on video.
  • Blonde Cobra (1963), 33 min, color and b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video.
  • Lisa and Joey in Connecticut (1965), 21:59 min, color, silent, Super 8mm film on video.
  • Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son (1969), 133 min, color and b&w.
  • Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1991)
  • The Georgetown Loop (1996), 11 min, b&w, silent.
  • Circling Zero: We See Absence (2002), 114:38 min, color, sound.
  • Star Spangled to Death (2004), 440 min, b&w and color, sound, DVD. Clip collection began in 1956.
  • Nymph (2007), 2 min, color, silent.
  • Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames that Changed the World (2007), 27:30 min, anaglyph 3-D color, surround sound.
  • The Scenic Route (2008), 25 min, color and b&w, sound.
  • Seeking the Monkey King (2011), 39:42 min, color, 5.1 surround sound, HD video.
  • Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus (2013), 4–part series, enhanced 3D film digital slides.
  • A Primer in Sky Socialism (2013), color 3D film.

    • Awards and accolades

    Ken Jacobs KEN JACOBS STARRY STARRY NIGHT Issue Magazine

    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
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