Ken Russell
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."
Fotos
Películas (107)
Twiggy
2025 · (archival footage)
The Who: One Band's Explosive Story
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Kitsune
2016 · Thanks
Director of Devils
2012 · Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012 · Self (archive footage)
The Devils Original on-set footage
2012
Mr. Nice
2010 · Russell Miegs
Boudica Bites Back
2009 · Roman Senator, Director, Screenplay
A Kitten for Hitler
2007 · Santa, Director, Writer
10 Best Elgar
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Watch the Birdie
2007 · Director
The Real Blue Nuns
2006 · Self
Trapped Ashes
2006 · Dr. Lucy (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts"), Director
Brothers of the Head
2006 · Himself
Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House
2006 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Choreographer
Colour Me Kubrick
2005 · The Man In Nightgown
The Miners' Picnic by Ken Russell
2005 · Director
Revenge of the Elephant Man
2004 · Producer, Director, Writer
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003 · Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003 · Self - Contributor
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
2002 · Self
Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle
2002 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
2002 · Dr. Calahari, Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
The Real Oliver Reed
2000 · Self
Lion's Mouth
2000 · Ken, Director, Screenplay
Dogboys
1998 · Producer, Director
In Search of the English Folk Song
1997 · Self, Director, Writer
Mindbender
1996 · Director, Writer
Tales of Erotica
1996 · Mr. Kirsch (segment 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch') (uncredited), Director, Writer
Treasure Island
1995 · Director, Teleplay
Empire of the Censors
1995 · Self
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
1995 · Self
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
1995 · Mr. Kirsch, Director, Writer
Alice in Russialand
1995 · Director, Writer
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992 · Sir Arnold Bax, Writer, Director
The Mystery of Dr Martinu
1992 · Writer, Director
Prisoner of Honor
1991 · Director
Whore
1991 · Waiter (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator
Road to Mandalay
1991 · Self, Director, Writer
The Russia House
1990 · Walter
The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner
1990 · Director, Writer
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990 · Director
The Rainbow
1989 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
1989 · Director, Writer
Il Mefistofele
1989 · Director
The Lair of the White Worm
1988 · Police Radio (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
Salome's Last Dance
1988 · Cappadocian, Director, Screenplay
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
1988 · Himself, Writer, Director
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
1987
Aria
1987 · Director, Writer
Gothic
1987 · Tourist, Director
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
1986 · Self
Faust
1985 · Director
Crimes of Passion
1984 · Director
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
1984 · Self, Director, Producer, Writer
The Planets
1983 · Director
Altered States
1980 · Director
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979 · Self
Valentino
1977 · Rex Ingram (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Lisztomania
1975 · Director, Screenplay
Tommy
1975 · Cripple (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Producer
Mahler
1974 · Director, Writer
Savage Messiah
1972 · Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited), Director, Producer
The Boy Friend
1971 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Devils
1971 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Music Lovers
1971 · Director, Producer
Dance of the Seven Veils
1970 · Director, Writer
Women in Love
1969 · Director
Song of Summer
1968 · Priest, Director, Writer
Dante's Inferno
1967 · Director
Billion Dollar Brain
1967 · Director
Don’t Shoot the Composer
1966 · Himself, Director, Producer
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
1966 · Captain Patterson, Director, Writer
Russell at Work
1966
Always on Sunday
1965 · Director, Scenario Writer, Producer
The Debussy Film
1965 · Director, Scenario Writer
The Diary of a Nobody
1964 · Director, Writer
Bela Bartók
1964 · Director, Screenplay
French Dressing
1964 · Director
Elgar
1962 · Director, Writer
Mr Chesher’s Traction Engines
1962 · Director
The Preservation Man
1962 · Director
Pop Goes the Easel
1962 · Director
The Lonely Shore
1962 · Director
London Moods
1961 · Director
Old Battersea House
1961 · Director
Walk With The Damned
1961 · Hood
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
1961 · Director
Prokofiev
1961 · Director
Antonio Gaudí
1961 · Director
The Light Fantastic
1960 · Director
Shelagh Delaney's Salford
1960 · Director
A House in Bayswater
1960 · Director, Writer
A Bedlington Miners' Picnic
1960 · Director
Journey Into a Lost World
1960 · Director
Scottish Painters
1959 · Director
Portrait of a Goon
1959 · Director
From Spain to Streatham
1959 · Director
Variations on a Mechanical Theme
1959 · Director
Gordon Jacob
1959 · Director
John Betjeman: A Poet in London
1959 · Director
Amelia and the Angel
1958 · Director, Story, Cinematography, Writer
Lourdes
1958 · Director
Peepshow
1956 · Director
Knights on Bikes
1956 · Director
PuzzleFace
· god
Mad Dad
· Self (archive footage)
Series (13)
Agatha Christie: Miss Marple
2004 · Rev Caleb Dane Calthrop
Waking the Dead
2001 · Gerry Raistrick
Celebrity Big Brother
2001 · Self
Erotic Tales
1994 · Director
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993 · Self
Lady Chatterley
1993 · Sir Michael Reid, Writer, Director, Creator
Plunder
1990
Clouds of Glory
1978 · Director, Writer, Creator
The South Bank Show
1978 · Self, Director
Film '72
1971 · Self
Omnibus
1967 · Self
Six
1964 · Writer, Director
Monitor
1958 · Director, Writer