Ken Jacobs
American filmmaker (1933–2025)
0.84body-of-work score · ranked #989 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- May 25, 1933 · Brooklyn
- Died
- October 5, 2025 · Manhattan
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, university teacher, film editor, film producer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 10.501 citation
- 2
1969 · United States · silent
National Film Registry (inducted 2007) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.342 citations
Complete filmography
All 5 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1955Orchard Street
- 1963Blonde Cobra
- 1969Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
- 2004Star Spangled to Death
- 2014Canopy