Ken Russell
Directing
Born July 3, 1927 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
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).
Filmography
PuzzleFace
god
Twiggy
(archival footage)
The Who: One Band's Explosive Story
Self (archive footage)
Kitsune
Director of Devils
Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Nice
Russell Miegs
The Aristofrogs
A Kitten for Hitler
Santa
10 Best Elgar
Self (archive footage)
The Real Blue Nuns
Self
Trapped Ashes
Dr. Lucy (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
Brothers of the Head
Himself
Colour Me Kubrick
The Man In Nightgown
Agatha Christie's Marple
Rev Caleb Dane Calthrop
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self - Contributor
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
Self
Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle
Narrator (voice)
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
Dr. Calahari
Waking the Dead
Gerry Raistrick
Celebrity Big Brother
Self
The Real Oliver Reed
Self
Dogboys
In Search of the English Folk Song
Self
Vem Var Dracula
Self
Mindbender
Tales of Erotica
Mr. Kirsch (segment 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch') (uncredited)
Treasure Island
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
Self
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
Mr. Kirsch
Alice in Russialand
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Self
Lady Chatterley
Sir Michael Reid
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
Sir Arnold Bax
Prisoner of Honor
Whore
Waiter (uncredited)
The Russia House
Walter
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now
The Rainbow
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
Il Mefistofele
The Lair of the White Worm
Police Radio (voice) (uncredited)
Salome's Last Dance
Cappadocian
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Himself
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
Aria
Gothic
Tourist
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Self
Faust
Crimes of Passion
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
Self
The Planets
Altered States
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Self
The South Bank Show
Self
Valentino
Rex Ingram (uncredited)
Lisztomania
Tommy
Cripple (uncredited)
Mahler
Savage Messiah
Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited)
The Boy Friend
The Devils
The Music Lovers
Dance of the Seven Veils
Women in Love
Song of Summer
Priest
Dante's Inferno
Billion Dollar Brain
Omnibus
Self
Don’t Shoot the Composer
Himself
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
Captain Patterson
Always on Sunday
The Debussy Film
The Diary of a Nobody
Bela Bartók
French Dressing
Elgar
Mr Chesher’s Traction Engines
The Preservation Man
Pop Goes the Easel
The Lonely Shore
London Moods
Walk With The Damned
Hood
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
Prokofiev
Antonio Gaudí
The Light Fantastic
Shelagh Delaney's Salford
A House in Bayswater
A Bedlington Miners' Picnic
Scottish Painters
Portrait of a Goon
From Spain to Streatham
Variations on a Mechanical Theme
Gordon Jacob
John Betjeman: A Poet in London
Amelia and the Angel