Ken Kelsch

CinematographerActorCrew Jul 8 (died age 76) Brooklyn, New York, USA 1979–2019 (40 year career)

5.4 avg rating

Biography

Kenneth Arthur Kelsch (July 8, 1947 – December 11, 2023) was an American cinematographer. He was best known for his guerilla filmmaking style and his career-spanning partnership with filmmaker Abel Ferrara, with whom he made more than a dozen films, including The Driller Killer (1979), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Dangerous Game (1993), The Addiction (1995), The Blackout (1997), and Welcome to New York (2014), as well as a segment of the HBO dark comedy drama anthology series Subway Stories (1997).

Known For

Film

Bad Lieutenant

Director of Photography

Film

Medium

Director of Photography

Film

Desert Flower

Director of Photography

Film

Big Night

Director of Photography

Film

The Addiction

Director of Photography

Film

The Funeral

Director of Photography

Film

Return to Sleepaway Camp

Cinematography

Film

100 Feet

Garbage Man

Filmography

Acting (7)

Movies (7)

Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies

2019

as Himself

7.5

Talking with the Vampires

100 Feet

as Garbage Man

New Rose Hotel

as The Expeditor

Susan's Plan

as Casino Pit Boss

Dangerous Game

as Camera Operator (uncredited)

5.7

Don't Go in the House

1979

5.7

Crew (46)

Movies (45)

The Projectionist

2019

Director of Photography

6.0

Talking with the Vampires

2018

Director of Photography

The Brooklyn Banker

2016

Director of Photography

4.8

Welcome to New York

2014

Director of Photography

5.1

House of Last Things

2013

Director of Photography

5.0

4:44 Last Day on Earth

2012

Director of Photography

4.7

Desert Flower

2009

Director of Photography

7.6

Return to Sleepaway Camp

2008

Cinematography

5.7

Return to Sleepaway Camp

2008

Director of Photography

5.7

100 Feet

2008

Director of Photography

5.7

Sıcak

2008

Director of Photography

3.5

Chelsea on the Rocks

2008

Director of Photography

5.6

Before It Had a Name

2005

Director of Photography

3.3

Missing in America

2005

Director of Photography

5.8

Testosterone

2003

Director of Photography

5.2

Happy End

2003

Director of Photography

4.9

Asmalı Konak: Hayat

2003

Director of Photography

3.8

'R Xmas

2001

Director of Photography

6.2

It Had to Be You

2000

Director of Photography

6.0

New Rose Hotel

1999

Director of Photography

5.2

Invisible Child

1999

Director of Photography

6.9

Montana

1998

Director of Photography

5.6

Susan's Plan

1998

Director of Photography

4.6

Rear Window

1998

Director of Photography

5.4

The Impostors

1998

Director of Photography

5.9

A Brooklyn State of Mind

1998

Director of Photography

4.8

Subway Stories

1997

Director of Photography

5.5

The Blackout

1997

Director of Photography

5.8

Every 9 Seconds

1997

Director of Photography

4.4

Big Night

1996

Director of Photography

7.0

The Funeral

1996

Director of Photography

6.7

Mylène Farmer: California

1996

Cinematography

1.0

Killer: A Journal of Murder

1996

Director of Photography

5.8

The Prosecutors

1996

Director of Photography

The Addiction

1995

Director of Photography

6.5

Condition Red

1995

Director of Photography

4.2

Drop Squad

1994

Director of Photography

2.8

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

1994

Director of Photography

6.2

Dangerous Game

1993

Director of Photography

5.7

Bad Lieutenant

1992

Director of Photography

7.0

Killer Dead

1992

Director of Photography

3.0

Spookies

1986

Director of Photography

In Our Water

Additional Camera

The Driller Killer

Director of Photography

5.2

Manson Girls

Director of Photography

Television (1)

Medium

2005

Director of Photography

7.4