Deceased

How Did Ken Jacobs Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 92

Also known as켄 제이콥스GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn25/05/1933Born inWilliamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USADied05/10/2025Died inManhattanCausekidney failureWikidataQ325399 ↗TMDb#930709 ↗

Kenneth Martin Jacobs was an American experimental filmmaker. His style often involved the use of found footage which he edited and manipulated. He also directed films using his own footage.

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Filmography37 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2025	Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My MuseMovie	Self	92
2023	Ken Jacobs - from Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern ArtMovie	Self	90
2023	Up the IllusionMovie	—	90
2023	Art-House America: Austin Film SocietyMovie	Self	90
2022	Fragments of ParadiseMovie	Self	89
2022	Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the AgesMovie	—	89
2016	Reminiscences of Jonas MekasMovie	—	83
2013	What Is Cinema?Movie	Self	80
2013	The Eternal CourtshipMovie	—	80
2012	Emma's DilemmaMovie	Himself	79
2011	Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmMovie	Himself	78
2011	Sleepless Nights StoriesMovie	Self	78
2011	Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful WomanMovie	—	78
2011	Cinematic Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J.L. GuerinMovie	Himself	78
2010	Santos Dumont: Pré-Cineasta?Movie	Himself	77
2010	LavenderMovie	Self	77
2008	Momma's ManMovie	Dad	75
2007	365 Day ProjectMovie	Self	74
2007	Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisMovie	Self	74
2004	Star Spangled to DeathMovie	Oscar Friendly / Ringmaster / Janitor	71
2003	Nervous KenMovie	—	70
2002	Shorts From the UndergroundMovie	Self	69
2001	Flo and Ken JacobsMovie	—	68
2000	As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautyMovie	Self	67
1997	Birth of a NationMovie	Self	64
1994	Jonas in the DesertMovie	Self	61
1991	Quartet Number OneMovie	—	58
1986	He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeMovie	Self (archive footage)	53
1985	Home Movies 1971-81Movie	—	52
1976	Lost, Lost, LostMovie	Self	43
1973	HorizonsMovie	—	40
1973	Notes on the Buffalo Conference: “Autobiography in American Independent Cinema”Movie	—	40
1968	Diaries, Notes, and SketchesMovie	Self	35
1968	Huge PupilsMovie	Himself	35
1967	Bill's HatMovie	—	34
1963	Blonde CobraMovie	—	30
1963	Scotch TapeMovie	—	30