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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. OCCUPY WALL STREET, THE 99% JOIN IN

    2011

    Documentary

    241

  2. For James Otis

    2023

    242

  3. Artie and Marty Rosenblatt’s Baby Pictures

    1964

    243

  4. In Front of Anthology

    2021

    244

  5. Nissan Ariana Window

    1969

    245

  6. Let There Be Whistle Blowers

    2005

    246

  7. Up the Illusion

    2023

    247

  8. What Happened on 23rd Street in 1901

    2009

    248

  9. Book of Splendors, Part Two, Book of Levers: Action at a Distance

    1977

    Documentary

    249

  10. Central Park

    2016

    250

  11. Snow in Headlights II

    2016

    251

  12. Book of Eternalisms 39

    2025

    252

  13. BMT Canal Street

    2016

    253

  14. BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 42

    2026

    254

  15. Eat the Rich: Aligning Perspectives and Other Challenges to Viewers

    2022

    255

  16. A Date with Shirley

    2026

    Documentary

    256

  17. Tourists of the Familiar 70

    2024

    257

  18. Riverbed

    2024

    258

  19. Joan Mitchell: Departures

    2019

    Documentary

    259

  20. Granular

    2015

    260

  21. Floral

    2015

    261

  22. Tree Stump

    2018

    262

  23. ABSTRACT

    2019

    Animation

    263

  24. BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 40

    2025

    264

  25. BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 41

    2026

    265

  26. Sky Dive

    —

    266

  27. Depth for One Eye or Two

    —

    267

  28. Spotted Fever

    —

    268

  29. BOOK OF ETERNALISMS 43

    2026

    269

  30. BMT

    2025

    270

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