Abel Ferrara
Directing
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.
TV Shows(1)
Movies(43)
Marty Supreme
Ezra Mishkin
2025
Judas' Gospel
Herodes
2025
The Passion According to Béatrice
Self
2024
Soldato sotto la luna
Anicio
2022
Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
2022
Buon Lavoro
2022
The Night Burns
Abel
2021
Bleedings
2021
Sportin' Life
Self
2020
The App
2019
The Projectionist
Himself
2019
Alive in France
Self
2018
Talking with the Vampires
2018
A Talent For Trouble
Self
2018
Wiara
Self
2018
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
2017
Piazza Vittorio
Himself
2017
Black Butterfly
Pat
2017
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
2017
Ultima Chiamata
2017
Sculpt
2016
Don Peyote
Taxi Cab Driver
2014
Balkan Spirit
Self - Director
2013
Home Sweet Home
2012
Abel Ferrara in Lucca
2012
Mulberry St.
Self
2010
Uncle Bob
Self
2010
Daddy Longlegs
Robber
2010
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
2008
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
Exes
Caïn
2006
Odyssey in Rome
2005
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!
Himself
2004
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Himself
2003
Abel/Asia
Self
1998
At Sundance
Self
1995
Ms .45
1st Rapist
1981
The Driller Killer
Reno Miller
1979
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
Old Man
1976
Nicky's Film
Man in junkyard
1971
Siegfriedsdorf
Embryo: Beyond the Door
The Night Burns