Ken Jacobs
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| Ken Jacobs | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1933 (age 90–91) Brooklyn, New York, United States[1] |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Notable work | Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son |
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.[2]
Jacobs' students have included Mallory Curley.[3] He taught at the Cinema Department at Harpur College at Binghamton University from 1969 to 2002.[4] His son Azazel Jacobs is also a filmmaker.[5]
He is a recipient of the American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award.[5]
Filmography
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- Orchard Street (1955 or 1956)
- The Alps and the Jews (1957)
- Little Stabs at Happiness (1960), 14:57 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on video.[6]
- The Death of P'town (1963)
- Blonde Cobra (1963), 33 min, color and b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video.[6]
- Lisa and Joey in Connecticut (1965), 21:59 min, color, silent, Super 8mm film on video.[6]
- Window (1964)
- Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son (1969), 133 min, color and b&w.[6]
- Keaton's Cops (1991)
- Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1991)
- The Georgetown Loop (1996), 11 min, b&w, silent.[6]
- Disorient Express (1996)
- Circling Zero: We See Absence (2002), 114:38 min, color, sound.[7][8]
- Star Spangled to Death (2004), 440 min, b&w and color, sound, DVD. Clip collection began in 1956.[6]
- Razzle Dazzle (The Lost World) (2007)
- Capitalism: Child Labor (2007)
- Nymph (2007), 2 min, color, silent.[6]
- Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames that Changed the World (2007), 27:30 min, anaglyph 3-D color, surround sound.[6]
- The Scenic Route (2008), 25 min, color and b&w, sound.[6]
- The Discovery (film) (2008)
- Seeking the Monkey King (2011), 39:42 min, color, 5.1 surround sound, HD video.[6]
Images
References
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- ↑ Curley, Mallory (2010), A Cookie Mueller Encyclopedia, p. 197.
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- ↑ Ken Jacobs’ documentary “Circling Zero : We See Absence”, 2002, VHS, USA can be found in the Experimental Television Center and its Repository in the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, Cornell University Library.
External links
- Ken Jacobs' official website
- EAI: Ken Jacobs Biography
- Ken Jacobs at the Internet Movie Database
- Cinema and Critical Reflection A Conversation with Ken Jacobs and Family
- "Conversations With History: Ken Jacobs", interview at UC Berkley
- Review of book Optic Antics
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