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Ken Russell
Directing

Ken Russell
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1927-07-03,Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
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-winning romantic drama Women in Love (1969), the notoriously controversial The Devils (1971), the rock musical Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980). One noted admirer, 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."

Filmography

5.278

Whore
1991-06-21

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

6

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
1983-01-01

5.67

Gothic
1987-02-27

The Real Blue Nuns

4.5

The Real Blue Nuns
2006-10-16

6.455

Tommy
1975-03-19

5.111

Trapped Ashes
2006-09-12

5.804

Valentino
1977-09-07

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

5.375

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
1966-01-02

Salome's Last Dance

6.221

Salome's Last Dance
1988-05-06

The Real Oliver Reed

0

The Real Oliver Reed
2000-01-13

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

5.1

The Fall of the Louse of Usher
2002-02-02

A Kitten for Hitler

4.7

A Kitten for Hitler
2007-06-01

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

6.4

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
2002-11-24

Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

7

Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
1995-04-04

Boudica Bites Back

0

Boudica Bites Back
2009-08-06

6.288

Savage Messiah
1972-06-27

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch

4.75

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
1995-01-01

Revenge of the Elephant Man

0

Revenge of the Elephant Man
2004-07-14

6.082

Mr. Nice
2010-10-07

9

Lion's Mouth
2000-01-01

The Who: One Band's Explosive Story

8

The Who: One Band's Explosive Story
2022-08-26

Vem Var Dracula

0

Vem Var Dracula
1996-10-02

Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell

0

Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
1987-11-27

Don’t Shoot the Composer

8

Don’t Shoot the Composer
1966-01-09

Brothers of the Head

5.538

Brothers of the Head
2006-07-28

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

10

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
1988-02-04

Director of Devils

0

Director of Devils
2012-03-19

A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

0

A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
1986-01-01

0

10 Best Elgar
2007-04-27

The Russia House

6.1

The Russia House
1990-12-21

Empire of the Censors

5.333

Empire of the Censors
1995-05-28

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

8

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012-01-14

6.333

Song of Summer
1968-09-15

Colour Me Kubrick

5.707

Colour Me Kubrick
2005-10-06

The Lair of the White Worm

5.926

The Lair of the White Worm
1988-09-21

Walk With The Damned

0

Walk With The Damned
1961-06-02

Russell at Work

0

Russell at Work
1966-01-01

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

6.333

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992-11-22

The Aristofrogs

0

The Aristofrogs
2010-08-19

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

6.5

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989-03-20

The Devils Original on-set footage

0

The Devils Original on-set footage
2012-01-01

0

PuzzleFace

Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song

7.667

Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song
1997-11-14

The Who: The Kids Are Alright

7.345

The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979-06-15

7.7

Twiggy
2025-03-07

Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle

7.3

Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle
2002-09-22

Alice in Russialand

7

Alice in Russialand
1995-01-01

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

3.5

100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003-11-29

Tales of Erotica

3.9

Tales of Erotica
1996-01-01

Celebrity Naked Ambition

8

Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003-07-19

The South Bank Show

5.571

The South Bank Show
1978-01-14

0

Plunder
1990-03-05

Waking the Dead

7.25

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

Frank Stubbs Promotes

7.5

Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993-07-12

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.801

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004-12-12

Celebrity Big Brother

4.989

Celebrity Big Brother
2001-03-08

7.2

Omnibus
1967-10-13

Lady Chatterley

6.32

Lady Chatterley
1993-06-06