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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 film Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Who's Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980).
One noted admirer, the 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."
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Filmography
all 117
Movies 107
Director 74
self 20
TV Shows 10
Producer 1
The Who: One Band's Explosive Story (2022)
Kitsune (2016)
Director of Devils (2012)
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (2012)
The Devils Original on-set footage (2012)
Mr. Nice (2010)
The Aristofrogs (2010)
Boudica Bites Back (2009)
A Kitten For Hitler (2007)
10 Best Elgar (2007)
Watch the Birdie (2007)
The Real Blue Nuns (2006)
Trapped Ashes (2006)
Brothers of the Head (2006)
Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
The Miner's Picnic by Ken Russell (2005)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Revenge of the Elephant Man (2004)
The Loons On Golden Pond (2003)
Rossetti: Sex, Drugs and Oil Paint (2003)
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils (2002)
Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle (2002)
The Fall of the Louse of Usher: A Gothic Tale for the 21st Century (2002)
Waking the Dead (2001)
Celebrity Big Brother (2001)
The Real Oliver Reed (2000)
Lion's Mouth (2000)
Dogboys (1998)
Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song (1997)
Mindbender (1996)
In Search of Dracula with Jonathan Ross (1996)
Tales of Erotica (1996)
Treasure Island (1995)
Empire of the Censors (1995)
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue (1995)
Alice in Russialand (1995)
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch (1995)
The Mystery of Dr Martinu (1993)
Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993)
Lady Chatterley (1993)
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992)
Prisoner of Honor (1991)
Whore (1991)
The Russia House (1990)
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Plunder (1990)
The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990)
The Rainbow (1989)
A British Picture (1989)
Il Mefistofele (1989)
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
Salome's Last Dance (1988)
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music (1988)
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell (1987)
Aria (1987)
Gothic (1986)
Elton John : Cry to Heaven (1986)
Elton John: Nikita (1985)
Faust (1985)
Crimes of Passion (1984)
The Planets (1983)
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait (1983)
Altered States (1980)
The Kids Are Alright (1979)
Clouds of Glory (1978)
The South Bank Show (1978)
Valentino (1977)
Lisztomania (1975)
Tommy (1975)
Mahler (1974)
Savage Messiah (1972)
The Boy Friend (1971)
The Devils (1971)
The Music Lovers (1971)
Dance of the Seven Veils (1970)
Women in Love (1969)
Song of Summer (1968)
Dante's Inferno (1967)
Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Don’t Shoot the Composer (1966)
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966)
Russell at Work (1966)
Always on Sunday (1965)
The Debussy Film (1965)
The Diary of a Nobody (1964)
Six (1964)
Bartók (1964)
French Dressing (1964)
Elgar: Portrait of a Composer (1962)
Mr Chesher’s Traction Engines (1962)
The Preservation Man (1962)
Pop Goes the Easel (1962)
Monitor: Pop Goes the Easel (1962)
The Lonely Shore (1962)
London Moods (1961)
Old Battersea House (1961)
Walk With The Damned (1961)
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill (1961)
Prokofiev (1961)
Antonio Gaudí (1961)
The Light Fantastic (1960)
Shelagh Delaney's Salford (1960)
A House in Bayswater (1960)
The Miners' Picnic (1960)
Journey Into a Lost World (1960)
Scottish Painters (1959)
Portrait of a Goon (1959)
From Spain to Streatham (1959)
Variations on a Mechanical Theme (1959)
Gordon Jacob (1959)
John Betjeman: A Poet in London (1959)
Amelia and the Angel (1958)
Peepshow (1956)
Knights on Bikes (1956)
History of British Art
Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1927-07-03
Deathday2011-11-27 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceSouthampton, United Kingdom
ReligionCatholicism
RelationshipsHetty Baynes (1992-01-01 - 1999-01-01), Shirley Ann Russell (1956-01-01 - 1978-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsAlfred Russell, Alf Russell
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