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Portrait of Ken Jacobs

Directing

Ken Jacobs

Career

Active from 1955 to 2026, busiest in 2020 with 51 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Star Spangled to Death
Star Spangled to Death
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ken Jacobs Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.5, average 4.8
  • Tension
    3.0, average 6.0
  • Violence
    1.3, average 4.1
  • Crime
    1.0, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Experimental Film 43
  • Avant-Garde 42
  • Experimental Cinema 14
  • Abstract 14
  • Non-Narrative 11
  • Art Film 10
  • Eternalism 10
  • Philosophical 10
  • Non-Linear Narrative 9
  • Surreal 8
  • Social Commentary 8
  • Abstract Narrative 7

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

281
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Sky Dive
Sky Dive

Director

Depth for One Eye or Two
Depth for One Eye or Two

Director

Spotted Fever
Spotted Fever

Director

2020s

96 titles
BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 41
BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 41 (2026)

Director

Hobgoblin Ball
Hobgoblin Ball (2023)

Director

Tourists of the Familiar 1
Tourists of the Familiar 1 (2023)

Director

Spasm
Spasm (2023)

Director

From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight (2023)

Director

Buster Keaton Embossed
Buster Keaton Embossed (2022)

Director

XCXHXEXRXRXIXEXSX
XCXHXEXRXRXIXEXSX (2021)

Editor, Director

A Small Misunderstanding
A Small Misunderstanding (2021)

Director

Movie That Invites Pausing
Movie That Invites Pausing (2020)

Director

Rain Clouds
Rain Clouds (2020)

Director

Red Green
Red Green (2020)

Director

Broadway Buildings III
Broadway Buildings III (2020)

Director

2010s

87 titles · average score 46
The Sky Socialist: The Environs
The Sky Socialist: The Environs (2019)

Director

Above the Rain
Above the Rain (2019)

Director

Cartoon
Cartoon (2019)

Director

Windbreaker
Windbreaker (2017)

Director

The Guests
The Guests (2014)

Director

Canopy
Canopy (2014)

Director

20 Little Films
20 Little Films (2012)

Director

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
GoodWatch score 46

Director

Seeking the Monkey King
Seeking the Monkey King (2011)

Director

The Pushcarts Leave Eternity Street
The Pushcarts Leave Eternity Street (2011)

Director, Writer

Turbulent Waters
Turbulent Waters (2011)

Director

A Loft
A Loft (2010)

Director, Editor

2000s

53 titles · average score 62
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days (2009)

Director

Momma's Man
Momma's Man (2008)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dad

Return to the Scene of the Crime
Return to the Scene of the Crime (2008)

Director

Capitalism: Slavery
Capitalism: Slavery (2007)
GoodWatch score 51

Director

Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World
Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World (2007)

Director

Capitalism: Child Labor
Capitalism: Child Labor (2007)

Director

New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903
New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903 (2007)

Producer, Director

Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise (2005)

Director, Producer

Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly
Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye Molly (2005)

Director

Star Spangled to Death
Star Spangled to Death (2004)
GoodWatch score 74

as Oscar Friendly / Ringmaster / Janitor

The Whirled
The Whirled (2003)

Director

A Tom Tom Chaser
A Tom Tom Chaser (2002)

Director

1990s

10 titles
Flo Rounds a Corner
Flo Rounds a Corner (1999)

Director

New York Street Trolleys 1900
New York Street Trolleys 1900 (1999)

Director

The Georgetown Loop
The Georgetown Loop (1996)

Director

Disorient Express
Disorient Express (1996)

Director

Make Light On Film
Make Light On Film (1995)

Director

Looting For Rodney
Looting For Rodney (1995)

Director

Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea (1994)

Director

Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896
Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1991)

Director, Writer

Keaton's Cops
Keaton's Cops (1991)

Writer, Director

Chronometer
Chronometer (1990)

Director

1980s

2 titles
The Alps and The Jews
The Alps and The Jews (1986)

Director

Perfect Film
Perfect Film (1985)

Director

1970s

7 titles
The Doctor's Dream
The Doctor's Dream (1977)

Director

Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance
Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance (1977)

Director

Spaghetti Aza
Spaghetti Aza (1976)

Director

Jerry Takes A Back Seat, Then Passes Out Of The Picture
Jerry Takes A Back Seat, Then Passes Out Of The Picture (1975)

Director

Urban Peasants
Urban Peasants (1975)

Director

Changing Azazel
Changing Azazel (1973)

Director

Binghamton, My India
Binghamton, My India (1970)

Director

1960s

20 titles · average score 48
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (1969)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Globe
Globe (1969)

Director

Soft Rain
Soft Rain (1968)

Director

For Life, Against the War
For Life, Against the War (1967)

Director

Airshaft
Airshaft (1967)

Director

The Sky Socialist
The Sky Socialist (1966)

Director

Window
Window (1964)

Director, Producer

Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures
Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures (1964)

Director

The Winter Footage
The Winter Footage (1964)

Director

Blonde Cobra
Blonde Cobra (1963)
GoodWatch score 23

Director

Little Stabs at Happiness
Little Stabs at Happiness (1963)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

The Death of P'town
The Death of P'town (1961)

Director

1950s

3 titles
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice
Saturday Afternoon Blood Sacrifice (1956)

Director

Little Cobra Dance
Little Cobra Dance (1956)

Director

Orchard Street
Orchard Street (1955)

Director