Abel Ferrara
Directing
Born: July 19, 1951 (age 75) · The Bronx, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Photos (15)
Movies (21)
Marty Supreme
Ezra Mishkin
Black Butterfly
Pat
Ms .45
First Rapist (as Jimmy Laine)
Daddy Longlegs
Robber
Judas' Gospel
King Herodes
The Driller Killer
Reno Miller (as Jimmy Laine)
Sculpt
2016
Ultima Chiamata
2017
Buon Lavoro
2022
Don Peyote
Taxi Cab Driver
Don Peyote
Manhattan Cab Driver
Exes
Caïn
Soldato sotto la luna
Anicio
Odyssey in Rome
2005
The App
2019
Talking with the Vampires
2018
Home Sweet Home
2012
The Night Burns
Abel
Bleedings
2021
Abel Ferrara in Lucca
2012
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
Old Man (as Jimmy Laine)
Self / Appearances (19)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Self · 1 eps
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Self
Uncle Bob
Self
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!
Himself
Alive in France
Self
A Talent For Trouble
Self
Abel/Asia
Self
Sportin' Life
Self
Balkan Spirit
Self - Director
Piazza Vittorio
Himself
The Passion According to Béatrice
Self
The Projectionist
Self
Mulberry St.
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
Wiara
Self
Cannes: All Access
Self
At Sundance
Self
Upcoming (3)
Directing (44)
Miami Vice
Director
Crime Story
Director
King of New York
Director
Ms .45
Director
Bad Lieutenant
Director
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Director
Siberia
Director
Padre Pio
Director
The Addiction
Director
Body Snatchers
Director
The Funeral
Director
Mary
Director
Zeros and Ones
Director
Welcome to New York
Director
Cat Chaser
Director
Go Go Tales
Director
China Girl
Director
The Blackout
Director
Fear City
Director
Dangerous Game
Director
The Driller Killer
Director
Pasolini
Director
Chelsea on the Rocks
Director
Tommaso
Director
42 One Dream Rush
Director
New Rose Hotel
Director
Crime Story: Pilot
Director
'R Xmas
Director
Subway Stories
Director
Alive in France
Director
The Gladiator
Director
Sportin' Life
Director
Piazza Vittorio
Director
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
Director
The Projectionist
Director
Mulberry St.
Director
Talking with the Vampires
Director
Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV
Director
Turn in the Wound
Director
The Hold Up
Director
Could This Be Love
Director
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
Director
Searching for Padre Pio
Director
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
Director
Writing (17)
Bad Lieutenant
Screenplay
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Writer
Siberia
Screenplay
Padre Pio
Writer
Mary
Story
Zeros and Ones
Screenplay
Welcome to New York
Writer
Go Go Tales
Screenplay
The Blackout
Screenplay
Pasolini
Idea
Chelsea on the Rocks
Writer
Tommaso
Screenplay
New Rose Hotel
Screenplay
'R Xmas
Screenplay
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
Writer
The Hold Up
Writer
Could This Be Love
Writer
