Ken Jacobs
Ken Jacobs is an American experimental filmmaker. He is the director of Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son, which was admitted to the National Film Registry in 2007. His Star Spangled to Death is a nearly seven-hour film consisting largely of found footage.
Jacobs taught at the Cinema Department at Harpur College at Binghamton University from 1969 to 2002. His son Azazel Jacobs is also a filmmaker.Selected filmography
- ', 14:57 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on video.
- Blonde Cobra, 33 min, color and b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video.
- '
- Lisa and Joey in Connecticut, 21:59 min, color, silent, Super 8mm film on video.
- Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son, 133 min, color and b&w.
- Perfect Film
- Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896
- , 11 min, b&w, silent.
- Circling Zero: We See Absence, 114:38 min, color, sound.
- Star Spangled to Death, 440 min, b&w and color, sound, DVD. Clip collection began in 1956.
- Nymph, 2 min, color, silent.
- Gift of Fire: Nineteen Frames that Changed the World, 27:30 min, anaglyph 3-D color, surround sound.
- The Scenic Route, 25 min, color and b&w, sound.
- Seeking the Monkey King, 39:42 min, color, 5.1 surround sound, HD video.
- Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus, 4–part series, enhanced 3D film digital slides.
- A Primer in Sky Socialism, color 3D film.
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.
