Abel Ferrara
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 19, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
Abel Ferrara (Italian: [ferˈraːra]; born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known movies include the New York-set, gritty crime thrillers The Driller Killer (1979), Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and The Funeral (1996), chronicling violent crime in urban settings with spiritual overtones. Ferrara also worked in a wide array of genres, including the sci-fi remake Body Snatchers (1993), cyberpunk thriller New Rose Hotel (1998), the religious drama Mary (2005), the black comedy Go Go Tales (2007), and the biopic Pasolini (2014), as well as in several documentary filmmaking projects.
Known For
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Filmography
American Nails
Movie · Director
Not Guilty: For Keith Richards
Movie · Director
Turn in the Wound
Movie · Director
Padre Pio
Movie · Director
Zeros and Ones
Movie · Director
Tommaso
Movie · Director
Siberia
Movie · Director
Sportin' Life
Movie · Director
The Projectionist
Movie · Director
Alive in France
Movie · Director
Talking with the Vampires
Movie · Director
Piazza Vittorio
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Searching for Padre Pio
Movie · Director
Welcome to New York
Movie · Director
Pasolini
Movie · Director
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Movie · Director
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
Movie · Director
Mulberry St.
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42 One Dream Rush
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Go Go Tales
Movie · Director
Chelsea on the Rocks
Movie · Director
Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV
Movie · Director
Mary
Movie · Director
'R Xmas
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Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
Movie · Director
New Rose Hotel
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The Blackout
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Subway Stories
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The Funeral
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The Addiction
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Body Snatchers
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Dangerous Game
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Bad Lieutenant
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King of New York
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Cat Chaser
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China Girl
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The Gladiator
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Crime Story: Pilot
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Crime Story
TV · Director · 2 eps
Fear City
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Miami Vice
TV · Director · 2 eps
Ms .45
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The Driller Killer
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9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
Movie · Director
Could This Be Love
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The Hold Up
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Nicky's Film
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