Ken Jacobs
DirectorEditorProducer
- Born
- May 25, 1933
- Died
- October 5, 2025
- Awards
- 3 wins, 10 nominations
Ken Jacobs was born on 25 May 1933 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and editor, known for New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903 (2007), Star Spangled to Death (2004) and Return to the Scene of the Crime (2008). He was married to Flo Jacobs. He died on 5 October…
Biography
Director
| A Date with Shirley(2026) |
| Let There Be Whistle Blowers(2026) |
 XCXHXEXRXRXIXEXSX(2022) |
| Double Wow(2021) |
| The Whole Shebang(2020) |
Writer
| Let There Be Whistle Blowers(2026) |
| The Pushcarts leave Eternity Street(2011) |
| Razzle-Dazzle: The Lost World(2008) |
| Return to the Scene of the Crime(2008) |
| New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903(2007) |
Actor
 Edgar Allan Bro(2014)as Ernest Hemingway |
 Momma's Man(2008)as Dad |
 Diaries Notes and Sketches(1968) |
 Scotch Tape(1963) |
 Blonde Cobra(1963) |
Producer
| Let There Be Whistle Blowers(2026) |
 The Guests(2014) |
| The Pushcarts leave Eternity Street(2011) |
| Walkway(2009) |
| Razzle-Dazzle: The Lost World(2008) |
Cinematographer
Editor
| Let There Be Whistle Blowers(2026) |
| The Guests(2014) |
| The Pushcarts leave Eternity Street(2011) |
| A Loft(2010) |
| Razzle-Dazzle: The Lost World(2008) |
Sound Department
| New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903(2007) |
Camera and Electrical Department
 Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film(2011) |
 Court-circuit(2001) |
Thanks
 Marty Supreme(2025) |
 French Exit(2020) |
 Notes on Marie Menken(2006) |
 Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price(2005) |
 American Masters(1985) |
Self
| American Masters(1985)as Self - Filmmaker |
 Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse(2024)as Self - Filmmaker |
 You Say You Want a Revolution(2019) |
| Room H.264: Astoria, NY, January 2018(2018)as Self |
 What Is Cinema?(2013)as Self |
Archive Footage
| The Whirled(2007) |
 As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty(2000)as Self |
Known for
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