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Ken Jacobs

Director · 306 credits · 14 in highly-rated films

Best known for As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

Frequent collaborators: Jonas Mekas, Flo Jacobs, Stan Brakhage, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Breer

Directed movies (279 total, ranked by score)

  1. Manhattan is an Island

    2023

    271

  2. Hobgoblin Ball

    2023

    272

  3. Capitalism Defeats Life on Earth, Cab in Rain

    2017

    273

  4. Beautiful Dreamer

    2017

    274

  5. Book of Eternalisms 7

    2023

    275

  6. Book of Eternalisms 8

    2023

    276

  7. Urban Peasants

    1975

    277

  8. TV Plug

    1963

    278

  9. Le Prince: Leeds Bridge 1888

    2005

    279

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.