Ken Russell
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Ken Russell is a working British director with a filmography built off camera. The record leans toward drama. The filmography runs to 86 credits. The best-known title on the record is 'Altered States'. 'The Devils' sits alongside it on the filmography. The trail goes back as far as 1956.
Ken Russell
33 Directed
1 Series
Ken Russell is a working British director with a filmography built off camera. The record leans toward drama. The filmography runs to 86 credits. The best-known title on the record is 'Altered States'. 'The Devils' sits alongside it on the filmography. The trail goes back as far as 1956.
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Tommy
1975
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The Devils
1971
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Altered States
1980
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Crimes of Passion
1984
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The Lair of the White Worm
1988
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Whore
1991
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Women in Love
1969
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Valentino
1977
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The Boy Friend
1971
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Gothic
1987
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Aria
1987
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Trapped Ashes
2006
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Billion Dollar Brain
1967
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Mahler
1974
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The Music Lovers
1971
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French Dressing
1964
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Lisztomania
1975
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Savage Messiah
1972
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Salome's Last Dance
1988
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The Rainbow
1989
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London Moods
1961
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Tales of Erotica
1996
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The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
1995
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The Fall of the Louse of Usher
2002
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Amelia and the Angel
1958
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A Kitten for Hitler
2007
TV Shows
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A Kitten for Hitler
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2007
Film
Trapped Ashes
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2006
Film
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
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2002
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Tales of Erotica
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1996
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The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
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1995
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Lady Chatterley
Creator
1993–
TV
Whore
Director
1991
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The Rainbow
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1989
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The Lair of the White Worm
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1988
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ken Russell still alive?
Ken Russell passed away on November 27, 2011 at age 84.
What are the most famous roles of Ken Russell?
Ken Russell is best known for directing Altered States, The Devils, Tommy.
How many movies has Ken Russell directed?
Over a 55-year career (since 1956), Ken Russell has directed or written 33 films and worked on 1 TV shows.
What was Ken Russell's first movie?
The career of Ken Russell began with Knights on Bikes (1956).
What is Ken Russell's most recent movie or series?
Ken Russell's most recent release is Boudica Bites Back, which premiered on August 6, 2009.
What TV shows has Ken Russell created or directed?
On television, Ken Russell has appeared in Lady Chatterley, The South Bank Show, Clouds of Glory, Six.
Ken Russell
1927-07-03 · 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).
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."