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Ken Russell‌

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Birthday

calendar1927-07-03

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Ken Russell

Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

Ken Russell

Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1927-07-03

Popularity

star4.0

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."

Movie Credits

Whore

Whore‌
star5.3
calendar 1991

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait‌
star6.0
calendar 1983

Gothic

Gothic‌
star5.7
calendar 1986

The Real Blue Nuns

The Real Blue Nuns‌
star5.0
calendar 2006

Tommy

Tommy‌
star6.5
calendar 1975

Trapped Ashes

Trapped Ashes‌
star5.0
calendar 2006

Valentino

Valentino‌
star5.9
calendar 1977

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World‌
star5.5
calendar 1966

Salome's Last Dance

Salome's Last Dance‌
star6.3
calendar 1988

The Real Oliver Reed

The Real Oliver Reed‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

The Fall of the Louse of Usher‌
star4.3
calendar 2002

A Kitten for Hitler

A Kitten for Hitler‌
star4.7
calendar 2007

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils‌
star6.9
calendar 2002

Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

Tales of Erotica

Tales of Erotica‌
star4.1
calendar 1996

Boudica Bites Back

Boudica Bites Back‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Savage Messiah

Savage Messiah‌
star6.1
calendar 1972

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch‌
star4.4
calendar 1995

Revenge of the Elephant Man

Revenge of the Elephant Man‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

Mr. Nice

Mr. Nice‌
star6.1
calendar 2010

Lion's Mouth

Lion's Mouth‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

The Who: One Band's Explosive Story

The Who: One Band's Explosive Story‌
star8.0
calendar 2022

In Search of Dracula

In Search of Dracula‌
star0.0
calendar 1996

Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell

Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Don’t Shoot the Composer

Don’t Shoot the Composer‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Brothers of the Head

Brothers of the Head‌
star5.7
calendar 2006

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music‌
star10.0
calendar 1988

Director of Devils

Director of Devils‌
star0.0
calendar 2012

A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema

A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

10 Best Elgar

10 Best Elgar‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

The Russia House

The Russia House‌
star6.1
calendar 1990

Empire of the Censors

Empire of the Censors‌
star3.5
calendar 1995

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil‌
star8.0
calendar 2012

Song of Summer

Song of Summer‌
star6.2
calendar 1968

Colour Me Kubrick

Colour Me Kubrick‌
star5.7
calendar 2005

The Lair of the White Worm

The Lair of the White Worm‌
star5.9
calendar 1988

Walk With The Damned

Walk With The Damned‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Russell at Work

Russell at Work‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

The Aristofrogs

The Aristofrogs‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

A British Picture

A British Picture‌
star5.8
calendar 1989

The Devils Original on-set footage

The Devils Original on-set footage‌
star0.0
calendar 2012

PuzzleFace

PuzzleFace‌
star0.0
calendar

Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song

Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song‌
star6.5
calendar 1997

The Kids Are Alright

The Kids Are Alright‌
star7.1
calendar 1979

Twiggy

Twiggy‌
star0.0
calendar 2024

Tv Credits

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

Plunder

Plunder‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead‌
star7.2
calendar 2001

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Frank Stubbs Promotes‌
star0.0
calendar 1993

Celebrity Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother‌
star4.7
calendar 2001

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple‌
star7.7
calendar 2004

Lady Chatterley

Lady Chatterley‌
star6.4
calendar 1993