Directing · b. 1927 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

Ken Russell

Biography

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-w...

Directed
Boudica Bites Back 2009 A Kitten for Hitler 2007 Watch the Birdie 2007 Trapped Ashes 2006 Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House 2006 The Miners' Picnic by Ken Russell 2005 Revenge of the Elephant Man 2004 The Fall of the Louse of Usher 2002 Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle 2002 Lion's Mouth 2000 Dogboys 1998 Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song 1997 Tales of Erotica 1996 Mindbender 1996 The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch 1995 Alice in Russialand 1995 Treasure Island 1995 The Mystery of Dr Martinu 1993 The Secret Life of Arnold Bax 1992 Whore 1991 Prisoner of Honor 1991 The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner 1990 Women and Men: Stories of Seduction 1990 The Rainbow 1989 A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible 1989 Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now 1989 Il Mefistofele 1989 The Lair of the White Worm 1988 Salome's Last Dance 1988 Ken Russell's ABC of British Music 1988 Gothic 1987 Aria 1987 Faust 1985 Crimes of Passion 1984 Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait 1983 The Planets 1983 Altered States 1980 Valentino 1977 Tommy 1975 Lisztomania 1975 Mahler 1974 Savage Messiah 1972 The Devils 1971 The Boy Friend 1971 The Music Lovers 1971 Dance of the Seven Veils 1970 Women in Love 1969 Song of Summer 1968 Billion Dollar Brain 1967 Dante's Inferno 1967 Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World 1966 Don’t Shoot the Composer 1966 The Debussy Film 1965 Always on Sunday 1965 French Dressing 1964 The Diary of a Nobody 1964 Bela Bartók 1964 Elgar 1962 Pop Goes the Easel 1962 The Preservation Man 1962 The Lonely Shore 1962 Mr Chesher’s Traction Engines 1962 London Moods 1961 Antonio Gaudí 1961 Old Battersea House 1961 Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill 1961 Prokofiev 1961 A House in Bayswater 1960 The Light Fantastic 1960 Shelagh Delaney's Salford 1960 Journey Into a Lost World 1960 A Bedlington Miners' Picnic 1960 From Spain to Streatham 1959 Gordon Jacob 1959 Scottish Painters 1959 Variations on a Mechanical Theme 1959 John Betjeman: A Poet in London 1959 Portrait of a Goon 1959 Amelia and the Angel 1958 Lourdes 1958 Knights on Bikes 1956 Peepshow 1956
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