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American film director

Person · Open Library

Born
1951
Works
4

Top works

  • Scene
  • The addiction
  • 4:44 last day on earth
  • The driller killer
  • New Rose Hotel

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1951-07-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,236
Total plays
26,827

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spoken wordamericanEdgar Allen Poerabiesstory teller

Film maker (director and screen writer) behind such cult classics as The Driller Killer, Ms. 45, and King of New York. He lent his voice to the fascinating compilation Closed On Account of Rabies, a spoken word and sometimes musical album dedicated to the haunting works of the late Edgar Allan Poe. His voice can be heard on Disc II, on a live excerpt of classic The Raven. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Abel+Ferrara">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
( 1951-07-19 ) July 19, 1951 (age 74) , New York City , U.S.
Other names
Jimmy Boy L Jimmy Laine
Alma mater
Rockland Community College SUNY Purchase San Francisco Art Institute
Occupations
Director screenwriter actor producer musician songwriter
Years active
1971–present
Spouses
Nancy Ferrara ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 , divorced ) ​ Cristina Chiriac

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Official website

Abel Ferrara – Official Website

The official website of filmmaker Abel Ferrara. Connect to Ferrara’s Web TV channels: Watch movies, behind the scenes videos, and interviews with the director of Bad Lieutenant, Dangerous Game, King of New York, Driller Killer, and more.

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Encyclopedic overview

Abel Ferrara ( Italian: [ferˈraːɾa]; born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker and actor. 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 has worked in a wide array of genres, including the sci-fi adaptation 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 several documentary filmmaking projects.

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