KEN JACOBS
DIRECTING
A pioneer of the American film avant-garde of the 1960s and '70s, Ken Jacobs is a central figure in post-war experimental cinema.
From his first films of the late 1950s to his recent experiments with digital video, his investigations and innovations have influenced countless artists.
A New Yorker by birth, Jacobs graduated from City University to find himself in the midst of the downtown art scene of the 1960s, which included artists Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol, beat writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac; and the experimental theater troupes of Trisha Brown and Yvonne Rainer.
Seeking the Monkey King2011
Blonde Cobra1963
Star Spangled to Death2004
Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World2007
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son1969
Little Stabs at Happiness1963
Two Wrenching Departures2006
The Georgetown Loop1996
Flo Rounds a Corner1999
The Sky Socialist1968
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days2009
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero2011