Ken Jacobs
DirectingTotal Credits
312
Acting
36
First Credit
1955
Latest Credit
2026

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
Self (archive footage)
1986

Star Spangled to Death
Oscar Friendly / Ringmaster / Janitor · Director · Editor · Cinematography · Writer
2004

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Self
2000

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
1968

Lost, Lost, Lost
Self
1976

Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin
Himself
2011

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Himself
2011

What Is Cinema?
Self
2013

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
Director
1969

Momma's Man
Dad
2008

Little Stabs at Happiness
Director
1963

Capitalism: Slavery
Director
2007

Scotch Tape
Actor
1962

Blonde Cobra
Actor · Director
1963

365 Day Project
Self
2007

The Death of P'town
Director
1961

Circling Zero: Part One, We See Absence
Director
2002

Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Self
2025

Horizons
Actor
1973
Changing Azazel
Director
1973
Windbreaker
Director
2017

Quartet Number One
Actor
1991

The Georgetown Loop
Director
1996

Birth of a Nation
Self
1997

Keaton's Cops
Writer · Director
1991

Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896
Director · Writer
1991

Orchard Street
Director
1955

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Self
2007

Fragments of Paradise
Self
2022
The Discovery
Director
2008

Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days
Director
2009

Jonas in the Desert
Self
1994

Rain Clouds
Director
2020

For Life, Against the War
Director
1967
Mountaineer Spinning
Director
2004

Perfect Film
Director
1985

New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903
Director · Producer
2007

Globe
Director
1969
The Guests
Director
2014

Chronometer
Director
1990

Capitalism: Child Labor
Director
2007

Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
Director · Producer · Editor
2005

Anaglyph Tom (Tom with Puffy Cheeks)
Director
2008

Sleepless Nights Stories
Self
2011

Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World
Director
2007

Santos Dumont: Pré-Cineasta?
Himself
2010

Window
Cinematography · Producer · Director · Editor
1964

Flo Rounds a Corner
Director
1999

Two Wrenching Departures
Director
2006

Canopy
Director
2014

Seeking the Monkey King
Director
2011

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011

Turbulent Waters
Director
2011

Emma's Dilemma
Himself
2012
Titles
Director
2007
MovieWorking Girls (short)
Director
2020
Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway
Director
2010
MovieArt-House America: Austin Film Society
Self
2023
MovieBill's Hat
Actor
1967
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
Actor
2022