# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:19:45.039Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-jacobs"
name: "Ken Jacobs"
slug: "ken-jacobs"
description: "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."
tagline: "American filmmaker (1933–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Jacobs_1.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-05-25"
deathDate: "2025-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.043478260869564
  historical:           12.76782133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0414499"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.kenjacobsgallery.com/"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كين جاكوبس"
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    title: "کێن جاکۆبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Jacobs"
    title: "Ken Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Jacobs"
    title: "Ken Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Jacobs"
    title: "Ken Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ken Jacobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ken Jacobs"
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    title: "Кен Джейкобс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325399"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Ken Jacobs"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump