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)
61Clouds and Trees
2020
Documentary, Animation
62Dimsum and Dragons
2019
63A Spin Through Night City
2017
Documentary
- 64
Alone at Last
2008
65Chinese New Years II
2020
Documentary, Animation
66Globe
1969
67Fire Escape
2020
Documentary, Animation
68Flowers and Bike
2020
Documentary, Animation
69Excerpt From THE SKY SOCIALIST Stratified
2009
- 70
Love Story
2008
- 71
Cyclops Observes the Celestial Bodies
2015
72Soft Rain
1968
73Details of Pollock's White Light
2019
- 74
Joys of Waiting for the Broadway Bus #4
2013
75Rubble
2020
Documentary, Animation
- 76
Revolving Door
2011
77DR. TOOTHY
2020
Documentary, Animation
78DeKooning Passed
2020
Documentary, Animation
79Another Day in Days of Yore
2020
Animation
80Chrysalis
2015
81Spasm
2023
82Cartoonish 1-10
2021
83Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2023
84Brick Building with Red and Green Windows
2020
Documentary, Animation
85Hoffman Student
2021
86Sleeping American
2020
Documentary, Animation
87Broadway Buildings III
2020
Documentary, Animation
- 88
Neon Sign
2020
Documentary, Animation
- 89
Aimless Sightseeing, Seoul
2015
90Ken Jacobs / JG Thirlwell @ The Nervous Magic Lantern Festival
2016
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.