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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

5.3

Whore
1991-06-21

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

6

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
1983-01-01

5.7

Gothic
1986-11-30

The Real Blue Nuns

5

The Real Blue Nuns
2006-10-16

6.5

Tommy
1975-03-19

5

Trapped Ashes
2006-09-12

5.9

Valentino
1977-09-07

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

5.5

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

Salome's Last Dance

6.3

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

4.3

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

6.9

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

Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

0

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

Tales of Erotica

4.1

Tales of Erotica
1996-01-01

Boudica Bites Back

0

Boudica Bites Back
2009-08-06

6.1

Savage Messiah
1972-06-27

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch

4.4

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
1995-01-01

Revenge of the Elephant Man

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Revenge of the Elephant Man
2004-07-14

6.1

Mr. Nice
2010-10-07

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Lion's Mouth
2000-01-01

The Who: One Band's Explosive Story

8

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

In Search of Dracula

0

In Search of 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

0

Don’t Shoot the Composer
1966-01-09

Brothers of the Head

5.7

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

3.5

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

6.2

Song of Summer
1968-09-15

Colour Me Kubrick

5.651

Colour Me Kubrick
2005-10-06

The Lair of the White Worm

5.9

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

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992-11-22

The Aristofrogs

0

The Aristofrogs
2010-08-19

A British Picture

5.8

A British Picture
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

6.5

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

The Kids Are Alright

7.1

The Kids Are Alright
1979-06-15

0

Twiggy
2025-03-07

The South Bank Show

5

The South Bank Show
1978-01-14

0

Plunder
1990-03-05

Waking the Dead

7.2

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

Frank Stubbs Promotes

0

Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993-07-12

Celebrity Big Brother

4.7

Celebrity Big Brother
2001-03-09

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.7

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004-12-12

Lady Chatterley

6.4

Lady Chatterley
1993-06-06