Image of Ken Russell

Ken Russell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was an English film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his controversial style. He has been criticized as being over-obsessed with sexuality and the church. His subject matter is often about famous composers, or based on other works of art which he adapts loosely. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he did creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. He also directed many feature films independently and for studios. He is best known for his Oscar-winning film Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Who's Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980). One noted admirer, the British film critic Mark Kermode, attempting to sum up the director's achievement, called Russell; "somebody who proved that British cinema didn't have to be about kitchen-sink realism - it could be every bit as flamboyant as Fellini. He now makes very strange experimental films like Lion's Mouth and Revenge of the Elephant Man, and they are as edgy and out there as the work he made in the 1970s." Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
Born:
Jul 3, 1927 In Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
33
First Appeared:
In the movie Walk With The Damned 1961-06-02
Latest Project:
Movie Twiggy 2024-10-15
Known For
Poster of A Kitten for Hitler
Poster of The Fall of the Louse of Usher
Filmography
Movie Twiggy (archival footage) 2024-10-15
Movie Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil Self (archive footage) 2012-01-14
Movie The Aristofrogs 2010-08-19
Movie Mr. Nice Russell Miegs 2010-10-07
Movie Boudica Bites Back Roman Senator 2009-08-06
Movie A Kitten for Hitler Santa 2007-06-01
Movie Brothers of the Head Himself 2006-07-28
Movie Trapped Ashes Dr. Lucy 2006-09-12
Movie Colour Me Kubrick The Man In Nightgown 2005-10-06
Movie Revenge of the Elephant Man 2004-07-14
Movie The Fall of the Louse of Usher Dr. Calahari 2002-02-02
Movie Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils Self 2002-11-24
Series Waking the Dead Unknown 2001-06-18
Movie Tales of Erotica 1996-01-01
Movie The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch Mr. Kirsch 1995-01-01
Movie Empire of the Censors Self 1995-05-28
Series Lady Chatterley Sir Michael Reid 1993-06-06
Movie The Secret Life of Arnold Bax Sir Arnold Bax 1992-11-22
Movie Whore Waiter (uncredited) 1991-06-21
Series Plunder Unknown 1990-03-05
Movie The Russia House Walter 1990-12-21
Movie Salome's Last Dance Cappadocian 1988-05-06
Movie The Lair of the White Worm Police Radio (voice) (uncredited) 1988-09-21
Movie A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema Self 1986-01-01
Movie Gothic Tourist 1986-11-30
Movie Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait Self 1983-01-01
Movie The Kids Are Alright 1979-06-15
Movie Valentino Rex Ingram (uncredited) 1977-09-07
Movie Tommy Cripple (uncredited) 1975-03-19
Movie Savage Messiah Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited) 1972-06-27
Movie Song of Summer Priest 1968-09-15
Movie Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World Captain Patterson 1966-01-02
Movie Walk With The Damned Hood 1961-06-02