Ken Jacobs [1] (born May 25, 1933) 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, and Star Spangled to Death (2004, USA), a nearly seven hour film comprised largely of found footage.
He coined the term paracinema in the early 1970s, referring to cinema experiences provided by means outside of standard cinema technology. He was an influential teacher of Art Spiegelman of Maus fame, former painting student of Hans Hoffman, and in 1969 with Larry Gottheim started the Cinema dept. at Harpur College (now Binghamton University), providing arts education and tools of critical thinking to students until his retirement in 2003 as a Distinguished Professor of Cinema. He resides in New York City.
Filmography
As Director
- The Alps and the Jews (1957)
- Little Stabs at Happiness (1960)
- The Death of P'town (1963)
- Blonde Cobra (1963)
- Window (1964)
- Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son (1969)
- Keaton's Cops (1991)
- Opening the Nineteenth Century: 1896 (1991)
- The Georgetown Loop (1996)
- Disorient Express (1996)
- Circling Zero: We See Absence (2002)
- Star Spangled to Death (2004)
- Razzle Dazzle (The Lost World) (2007)
- Capitalism: Child Labor (2007)
- Nymph (2007)
- Gift of Fire: Nineteen (Obscure) Frames that Changed the World (2008)
- The Scenic Route (2008)
- The Discovery (2008)
External links
- Ken Jacobs' official website
- 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
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