Ken Jacobs (born May 25, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York)[2] is an American experimental filmmaker.

This short film stars Jack Smith who directed his own Flaming Creatures the same year.

His Star Spangled to Death (2004, USA) is a nearly seven-hour film consisting largely of found footage.

[5] Jacobs began compiling the archival footage in 1957 and the film took 47 years to complete.

[6] Jacobs taught at the Cinema Department at Harpur College at Binghamton University from 1969 to 2002.