Name
Abel Ferrara
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1951-07-19 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
Abel Ferrara (Italian: [ferˈraːra]; born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known movies include the New York-set, gritty crime thrillers The Driller Killer (1979), Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and The Funeral (1996), chronicling violent crime in urban settings with spiritual overtones.
Ferrara also worked in a wide array of genres, including the sci-fi remake Body Snatchers (1993), cyberpunk thriller New Rose Hotel (1998), the religious drama Mary (2005), the black comedy Go Go Tales (2007), and the biopic Pasolini (2014), as well as in several documentary filmmaking projects.
Known For
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Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit o...
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A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and dist...
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When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military b...
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While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a s...
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Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to s...
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A picaresque journey through contemporary America, undertaken by a young woman granted acc...
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A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the wo...
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A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and cont...
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Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man wh...
- 1981 Ms .45 as 1st Rapist
- 2021 The Night Burns as Abel
- Soon Siegfriedsdorf
- 2003 Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty as Self
- 2006 Exes as Caïn
- 2014 Don Peyote as Taxi Cab Driver
- 2010 Mulberry St. as Self
- 2010 Uncle Bob as Self
- 2022 Soldato sotto la luna as Anicio
- 2022 Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
- 2005 Odyssey in Rome
- 2024 The Passion According to Béatrice as Self
- 1971 Nicky's Film as Man in junkyard
- 1976 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy as Old Man
- 2018 A Talent For Trouble as Self
- 2017 Black Butterfly as Pat
- 1998 Abel/Asia as Self
- 1995 At Sundance as Self
- 2010 Daddy Longlegs as Robber
- 2004 Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me! as Himself
- 2007 Cannes: All Access as Self
- 2013 Balkan Spirit as Self - Director
- 2012 Abel Ferrara in Lucca
- 2018 Alive in France as Self
- 2019 The Projectionist as Himself
- 2019 The App
- 1979 The Driller Killer as Reno Miller
- 2018 Wiara as Self
- 2017 Piazza Vittorio as Himself
- 2008 Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- 2020 Sportin' Life as Self
- 2012 Home Sweet Home
- 2017 Ultima Chiamata
- 2021 Bleedings
- 2018 Talking with the Vampires
- 2025 Judas' Gospel as Herodes
- 2022 Buon Lavoro
- Soon Embryo: Beyond the Door
- 2016 Sculpt
- 2017 Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life as Self
- 2014 Don Peyote as Manhattan Cab Driver
- 2017 Plankton Salesmen as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 Marty Supreme as Ezra Mishkin
- Soon The Night Burns
- 2013 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown ( 1 episode ) as Self
