Ken Jacobs

For other people named Kenneth Jacobs, see Kenneth Jacobs (disambiguation).

Ken Jacobs (born May 25, 1933, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) 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, and Star Spangled to Death (2004, USA), a nearly seven hour film consisting largely of found footage.

He coined the term paracinema in the early 1970s, referring to cinema experiences provided by means outside of standard cinema technology. He was an influential teacher of Art Spiegelman of Maus fame, former painting student of Hans Hofmann, and in 1969 with Larry Gottheim started the Cinema department at Harpur College at Binghamton University providing arts education and tools of critical thinking to students until his retirement in 2003 as a Distinguished Professor of Cinema. He resides in New York City.

Filmography

As Director

• The Alps and the Jews (1957)
• Little Stabs at Happiness (1960)
• The Death of P'town (1963)
• Blonde Cobra (1963)
• Window (1964)
• Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son (1969)
• Keaton's Cops (1991)
• Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1991)
• The Georgetown Loop (1996)
• Disorient Express (1996)
• Circling Zero: We See Absence (2002)
• Star Spangled to Death (2004)
• Razzle Dazzle (The Lost World) (2007)
• Capitalism: Child Labor (2007)
• Nymph (2007)
• Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames that Changed the World (2008)
• The Scenic Route (2008)
• The Discovery (film) (2008) for the music album please see "The Discovery"
• Seeking the Monkey King (2011)

Images

• Capitalism: Slavery 2006

External links

• Ken Jacobs' official website
• EAI: Ken Jacobs Biography
• Ken Jacobs at IMDb
• Cinema and Critical Reflection A Conversation with Ken Jacobs and Family
• "Conversations With History: Ken Jacobs", interview at UC Berkley