Ken Jacobs

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Ken Jacobs
Born (1933-05-25) May 25, 1933 (age 88)
Brooklyn, New York, United States[1]
OccupationFilmmaker
Notable work
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Spouse(s)Flo
ChildrenAzazel

Ken Jacobs (born May 25, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York)[2] is an American experimental filmmaker.[3][4]

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.[5]

Jacobs taught at the Cinema Department at Harpur College at Binghamton University from 1969 to 2002.[6] His son Azazel Jacobs is also a filmmaker.[7]

Selected filmography[]

  • Little Stabs at Happiness (1960), 14:57 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on video.[8]
  • Blonde Cobra (1963), 33 min, color and b&w, sound, 16 mm film on video.[8]
  • Window (1964) [9]
  • Lisa and Joey in Connecticut (1965), 21:59 min, color, silent, Super 8mm film on video.[8]
  • Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son (1969), 133 min, color and b&w.[8]
  • Perfect Film (1986)
  • Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1991)
  • The Georgetown Loop (1996), 11 min, b&w, silent.[8]
  • Circling Zero: We See Absence (2002), 114:38 min, color, sound.[10][11]
  • Star Spangled to Death (2004), 440 min, b&w and color, sound, DVD. Clip collection began in 1956.[8]
  • Nymph (2007), 2 min, color, silent.[8]
  • Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames that Changed the World (2007), 27:30 min, anaglyph 3-D color, surround sound.[8]
  • The Scenic Route (2008), 25 min, color and b&w, sound.[8]
  • Seeking the Monkey King (2011), 39:42 min, color, 5.1 surround sound, HD video.[8]
  • Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus (2013), 4–part series, enhanced 3D film digital slides.[12]
  • A Primer in Sky Socialism (2013), color 3D film.[13][14]

Awards and accolades[]

He is a recipient of the 1994 American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award.[7] In 2012 he received a Creative Capital Moving Image grant award.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ken Jacobs". Electronic Arts Intermix. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
  2. ^ https://lightcone.org/en/filmmaker-163-ken-jacobs
  3. ^ "Conversations With History: Ken Jacobs", interview at UC Berkeley
  4. ^ Review of book Optic Antics
  5. ^ Knipfel, Jim (September 2006). ""Movies are All People Know" An Interview With Ken Jacobs". The Brooklyn Rail.
  6. ^ Bunnell, Irene. "Ken Jacobs: Educator, innovator, filmmaker". Binghamton University: Department of Cinema at Harpur College. Binghamton University. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "October 17/18 – Ken Jacobs and Azazel Jacobs – Two Different Shows". Los Angeles Film Forum. October 12, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Ken Jacobs-Biography". Electronic Arts Intermix. EAI. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  9. ^ Ken Jacobs-IFFR
  10. ^ Sicinski, Michael (May 11, 2015). "3D in the 21st Century. Flash Forward: Four 3D Works by Ken Jacobs". Notebook Digital Magazine.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Almost 80, He Continues the Ruckus". New York Times. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  13. ^ New Silent Cinema. Routledge. 2015. ISBN 9781317819448.
  14. ^ "A Primer in Sky Socialism". EMPAC. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus / A Primer In Sky Socialism". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

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