Abel Ferrara

ActorDirectorWriterComposerProducer Jul 19 (age 74) The Bronx, New York, USA 1971–2025 (54 year career)

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Biography

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 spiritua…

Known For

Film

Marty Supreme

Ezra Mishkin

Film

Bad Lieutenant

Director

Film

Miami Vice

Director

Film

King of New York

Director

Film

Ms .45

1st Rapist

Film

Black Butterfly

Pat

Film

Body Snatchers

Director

Film

The Addiction

Director

Filmography

Acting (43)

Movies (42)

Marty Supreme

as Ezra Mishkin

Judas' Gospel

as Herodes

The Passion According to Béatrice

2024

as Self

7.0

Soldato sotto la luna

as Anicio

Buon Lavoro

Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages

The Night Burns

as Abel

Missing Pictures

as Self

Bleedings

Sportin' Life

as Self

The Projectionist

as Himself

The App

Talking with the Vampires

Alive in France

as Self

A Talent For Trouble

as Self

Wiara

as Himself

Black Butterfly

as Pat

Ultima Chiamata

Plankton Salesmen

as Self (archive footage)

Piazza Vittorio

2017

as Himself

6.5

Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life

as Self

Sculpt

Don Peyote

as Taxi Cab Driver

Balkan Spirit

as Self - Director

Abel Ferrara in Lucca

Home Sweet Home

Daddy Longlegs

as Robber

Mulberry St.

as Self

Uncle Bob

as Self

Chelsea on the Rocks

as Self

Cannes: All Access

as Self

Exes

as Caïn

Odyssey in Rome

Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!

2004

as Himself

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

2003

as Himself

8.0

Abel/Asia

1998

as Self

At Sundance

as Self

Ms .45

as 1st Rapist

The Driller Killer

as Reno Miller

Nicky's Film

as Man in junkyard

Siegfriedsdorf

Embryo: Beyond the Door

Television (1)

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

2013

as Self

7.8

Crew (73)

Movies (71)

Turn in the Wound

Director

Padre Pio

Director

Padre Pio

Writer

Zeros and Ones

Director

Zeros and Ones

Screenplay

Siberia

Director

Siberia

Screenplay

Tommaso

Director

Tommaso

Screenplay

Sportin' Life

Director

The Projectionist

Director

Talking with the Vampires

2018

Director

Alive in France

2018

Director

7.7

Alive in France

2018

Original Music Composer

7.7

Piazza Vittorio

2017

Director

6.5

Searching for Padre Pio

2015

Director

Pasolini

Director

Pasolini

Idea

Welcome to New York

Director

Welcome to New York

Screenplay

4:44 Last Day on Earth

2012

Director

4.7

4:44 Last Day on Earth

Writer

Happy Life

Executive Producer

Mulberry St.

Director

42 One Dream Rush

Director

Napoli, Napoli, Napoli

2010

Director

4.8

Napoli, Napoli, Napoli

Writer

Bandaged

Producer

Go Go Tales

Director

Go Go Tales

Screenplay

Chelsea on the Rocks

Director

Chelsea on the Rocks

Writer

Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV

Director

Mary

Director

Mary

Story

White Boy

Producer

'R Xmas

Director

'R Xmas

Screenplay

Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III

Director

New Rose Hotel

Director

New Rose Hotel

Screenplay

Subway Stories

Director

The Blackout

Director

The Blackout

Screenplay

The Blackout

Songs

The Funeral

Director

Mylène Farmer: California

1996

Director

1.0

Mylène Farmer: California

Screenplay

The Addiction

Director

Body Snatchers

Director

Dangerous Game

Director

Bad Lieutenant

Director

Bad Lieutenant

Screenplay

King of New York

Director

Cat Chaser

Director

China Girl

Director

Crime Story: Pilot

Director

The Gladiator

Director

Fear City

Director

Ms .45

Director

The Driller Killer

Director

The Driller Killer

Editor

The Driller Killer

Songs

Could This Be Love

Director

Could This Be Love

Writer

The Hold Up

Director

The Hold Up

Writer

Nicky's Film

Cinematography

Nicky's Film

Director

American Nails

Director

American Nails

Writer

Television (2)

Crime Story

Director

Miami Vice

Director