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Ken Jacobs

American filmmaker.

Born May 25th, 1933 in Brooklyn.

Died October 5th, 2025 at 92 years old in Manhattan (kidney failure). [ref]

Occupations
actor, cinematographer, film director, film editor, film producer, film screenwriter, university teacher
Wikipedia

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson