Abel Ferrara
Directing
- Born
- July 19, 1951 (age 75) · The Bronx, New York, USA
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
Bad Lieutenant
November 20, 1992
King of New York
July 18, 1990
Body Snatchers
June 9, 1993
Ms .45
April 24, 1981
The Addiction
October 6, 1995
Pasolini
September 25, 2014
Zeros and Ones
November 18, 2021
The Funeral
January 26, 1996
The Driller Killer
June 15, 1979
4:44 Last Day on Earth
March 23, 2012
New Rose Hotel
March 19, 1999
Welcome to New York
August 7, 2014
Behind the camera48
- 2024Turn in the Wound Director
- 2022Padre Pio Director, Writer
- 2021Zeros and Ones Director, Screenplay
- 2020Sportin' Life Director
- 2020Siberia Screenplay, Director
- 2020Tommaso Director, Screenplay
- 2019The Projectionist Director
- 2018Alive in France Director, Original Music Composer
- 2018Talking with the Vampires Director
- 2017Piazza Vittorio