Abel Ferrara
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.
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Miami Vice
1984 · Director
Crime Story
1986 · Director
King of New York
1990 · Director
Body Snatchers
1993 · Director
Bad Lieutenant
1992 · Director
Ms .45
1981 · Director
The Addiction
1995 · Director
The Funeral
1996 · Director
Welcome to New York
2014 · Director
China Girl
1987 · Director
Fear City
1984 · Director
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012 · Director
Mary
2005 · Director
New Rose Hotel
1999 · Director
Zeros and Ones
2021 · Director
'R Xmas
2001 · Director
Pasolini
2014 · Director
Go Go Tales
2008 · Director
Siberia
2020 · Director
The Gladiator
1986 · Director
Padre Pio
2022 · Director
42 One Dream Rush
2010 · Director
Tommaso
2020 · Director
The Driller Killer
1979 · Director
The Blackout
1997 · Director
Dangerous Game
1993 · Director
Cat Chaser
1989 · Director
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008 · Director
Crime Story: Pilot
1986 · Director
Subway Stories
1997 · Director
Piazza Vittorio
2017 · Director
American Nails
— · Director
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
2001 · Director
Sportin' Life
2020 · Director
Turn in the Wound
2024 · Director
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
2010 · Director
Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV
2006 · Director
Mulberry St.
2010 · Director
Alive in France
2018 · Director
Talking with the Vampires
2018 · Director
The Projectionist
2019 · Director
The Hold Up
1972 · Director
Could This Be Love
1973 · Director
Searching for Padre Pio
2015 · Director
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
1976 · Director