Ken Russell
- Regie
- 3. Juli 1927 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
- 27. November 2011
Biografie
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. Among his best known works are the Oscar-winning romantic drama Women in Love (1969), the notoriously controversial psychological horror 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."
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Filmografie
- Twiggy · (archival footage)
- The Who – Die explosive Geschichte einer Band · Selbst
- Kitsune · Dank
- Director of Devils · Selbst
- Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil · Selbst
- The Devils Original on-set footage
- Mr. Nice · Russell Miegs
- Boudica Bites Back · Roman Senator, Regie
- Ein Kitten für Hitler · Santa, Buch
- 10 Best Elgar · Selbst
- Watch the Birdie · Regie
- The Real Blue Nuns · Selbst
- Trapped Ashes · Dr. Lucy (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts"), Regie
- Brothers of the Head · Selbst
- Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House · Choreographer, Produktion
- Colour Me Kubrick · The Man In Nightgown
- The Miners' Picnic by Ken Russell · Regie
- Agatha Christie's Marple · Rev Caleb Dane Calthrop
- Revenge of the Elephant Man · Buch, Regie
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments · Selbst
- Celebrity Naked Ambition · Selbst
- Niemandsland · Selbst
- Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle · Narrator (Stimme), Regie
- The Fall of the Louse of Usher · Dr. Calahari, Regie
- Waking the Dead - Im Auftrag der Toten · Gerry Raistrick
- Celebrity Big Brother · Selbst
- The Real Oliver Reed · Selbst
- Lion's Mouth · Ken, Regie
- Gejagt und in Ketten gelegt · Regie, Produktion
- In Search of the English Folk Song · Selbst, Regie
- Mindbender - Die Uri Geller-Story · Buch, Regie
- Tales of Erotica · Mr. Kirsch (segment 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch') (uncredited), Regie
- Treasure Island · Regie, Teleplay
- Empire of the Censors · Selbst
- Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue · Selbst
- The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch · Mr. Kirsch, Regie
- Alice in Russialand · Regie, Buch
- Erotic Tales · Regie
- Frank Stubbs Promotes · Selbst
- Lady Chatterley · Sir Michael Reid, Buch
- The Secret Life of Arnold Bax · Sir Arnold Bax, Buch
- The Mystery of Dr Martinu · Buch, Regie
- Der Gefangene der Teufelsinsel · Regie
- Die Hure · Waiter (uncredited), Regie
- Road to Mandalay · Selbst, Regie
- Das Rußland-Haus · Walter
- The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner · Regie, Buch
- Women and Men: Stories of Seduction · Regie
- Plunder
- Der Regenbogen · Drehbuch, Regie
- A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible · Regie, Buch
- Il Mefistofele · Regie
- Der Biss der Schlangenfrau · Police Radio (voice) (uncredited), Produktion
- Salomes letzter Tanz · Cappadocian, Regie
- Ken Russell's ABC of British Music · Selbst, Buch
- Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
- Aria · Buch, Regie
- Gothic · Tourist, Regie
- A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema · Selbst
- Faust · Regie
- China Blue bei Tag und Nacht · Regie
- Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait · Selbst, Regie
- The Planets · Regie
- Der Höllentrip · Regie
- The Who: The Kids Are Alright · Selbst
- Clouds of Glory · Regie, Buch
- The South Bank Show · Selbst, Regie
- Valentino · Rex Ingram (uncredited), Regie
- Lisztomania · Regie, Drehbuch
- Tommy · Cripple (uncredited), Regie
- Mahler · Regie, Buch
- Savage Messiah · Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited), Regie
- Boyfriend (Ihr Liebhaber) · Regie, Drehbuch
- Film '72 · Selbst
- Die Teufel · Regie, Drehbuch
- Tschaikowsky - Genie und Wahnsinn · Regie, Produktion
- Dance of the Seven Veils · Regie, Buch
- Liebende Frauen · Regie
- Song of Summer · Priest, Regie
- Dante's Inferno · Regie