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4 unusual facts about Ken Jacobs


Azazel Jacobs

--(born January 1, 1972)--> is an American film director and screenwriter, and the son of experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs.

Collective for Living Cinema

It regularly presented work by filmmakers such as Ken Jacobs, Johan van der Keuken, Yvonne Rainer, Christine Vachon, Dziga Vertov and many others who created films that were outside of the commercial mainstream in the United States.

Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

The 1969 experimental film, "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son", by Ken Jacobs, consists of retouched footage of a 1905 film of the same name.

Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.

Nevertheless, his films remain interesting despite that, and experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs paid homage to McCutcheon in his 1969 film Tom, Tom the Piper's Son which used McCutcheon's film as the basis for a fanciful, original creation.



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