Ken Russell

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

1988 · Director

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

1988 · Writer

Known For

The Devils

Director

Altered States

Director

Tommy

Cripple (uncredited)

The Russia House

Walter

The Lair of the White Worm

Police Radio (voice) (uncredited)

Crimes of Passion

Director

Women in Love

Director

Mr. Nice

Russell Miegs

Filmography

Acting (58)

Movies (50)

Twiggy

2025

as (archival footage)

7.7

The Who: One Band's Explosive Story

2022

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Director of Devils

2012

as Self

The Devils Original on-set footage

2012

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Nice

as Russell Miegs

The Aristofrogs

Boudica Bites Back

as Roman Senator

A Kitten for Hitler

2007

as Santa

4.7

10 Best Elgar

2007

as Self (archive footage)

Trapped Ashes

as Dr. Lucy (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")

Brothers of the Head

as Himself

The Real Blue Nuns

as Self

Colour Me Kubrick

as The Man In Nightgown

5.7

Revenge of the Elephant Man

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003

as Self

3.5

Celebrity Naked Ambition

2003

as Self - Contributor

Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle

as Narrator (voice)

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

as Dr. Calahari

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

as Self

6.4

The Real Oliver Reed

as Self

Lion's Mouth

as Ken

Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song

1997

as Himself

6.5

Vem Var Dracula

1996

as Self

Tales of Erotica

1996

as Mr. Kirsch (segment 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch') (uncredited)

3.4

Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

as Self

Empire of the Censors

as Self

3.5

Alice in Russialand

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch

as Mr. Kirsch

3.8

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

1992

as Sir Arnold Bax

Whore

1991

as Waiter (uncredited)

5.2

The Russia House

1990

as Walter

6.1

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

1989

5.8

The Lair of the White Worm

as Police Radio (voice) (uncredited)

5.9

Salome's Last Dance

as Cappadocian

6.1

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

as Himself

Gothic

as Tourist

Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell

1987

A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

1986

as Self

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

1983

as Self

The Who: The Kids Are Alright

1979

as Self

7.3

Valentino

1977

as Rex Ingram (uncredited)

5.7

Tommy

1975

as Cripple (uncredited)

6.4

Savage Messiah

1972

as Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited)

6.1

Song of Summer

1968

as Priest

6.2

Don’t Shoot the Composer

as Himself

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

as Captain Patterson

Russell at Work

Walk With The Damned

as Hood

PuzzleFace

as god

Television (8)

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Rev Caleb Dane Calthrop

7.8

Celebrity Big Brother

as Self

Waking the Dead

as Gerry Raistrick

Lady Chatterley

as Sir Michael Reid

Frank Stubbs Promotes

as Self

Plunder

The South Bank Show

as Self

Omnibus

as Self

Crew (151)

Movies (145)

Kitsune

2016

Thanks

5.0

Boudica Bites Back

2009

Director

Boudica Bites Back

2009

Screenplay

A Kitten for Hitler

Director

A Kitten for Hitler

Writer

Watch the Birdie

Director

Trapped Ashes

Director

5.0

Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House

Choreographer

Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House

Director

Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House

Director of Photography

Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House

Producer

Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House

Writer

The Miners' Picnic by Ken Russell

2005

Director

Revenge of the Elephant Man

Director

Revenge of the Elephant Man

Producer

Revenge of the Elephant Man

Writer

Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle

Director

Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle

Producer

Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle

Writer

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

Cinematography

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

Director

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

Director of Photography

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

Editor

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

Producer

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

Writer

Lion's Mouth

Director

Lion's Mouth

Screenplay

Dogboys

Director

Dogboys

Producer

Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song

1997

Director

6.5

Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song

Writer

Mindbender

Director

Mindbender

Writer

Tales of Erotica

Director

Tales of Erotica

Writer

Treasure Island

Director

Treasure Island

Teleplay

Alice in Russialand

Director

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch

Director

3.8

The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch

Writer

3.8

The Mystery of Dr Martinu

1993

Director

5.4

The Mystery of Dr Martinu

1993

Writer

5.4

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

1992

Director

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

Writer

Prisoner of Honor

Director

Whore

Camera Operator

Whore

Director

Whore

Screenplay

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

1990

Director

The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner

1990

Director

4.3

The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner

Writer

The Rainbow

Director

The Rainbow

Producer

The Rainbow

Screenplay

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

1989

Director

5.8

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

Writer

Il Mefistofele

Director

Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now

1989

Director

The Lair of the White Worm

Director

5.9

The Lair of the White Worm

Producer

5.9

The Lair of the White Worm

Screenplay

Salome's Last Dance

Director

Salome's Last Dance

Screenplay

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

Director

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

Writer

Aria

Director

Aria

Writer

Gothic

Director

Faust

Director

Crimes of Passion

Director

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

1983

Director

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

1983

Producer

Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

Writer

The Planets

Director

Altered States

Director

Valentino

Director

Valentino

Screenplay

Tommy

Director

Tommy

Producer

Tommy

Screenplay

Lisztomania

Director

Lisztomania

Screenplay

Mahler

Director

Mahler

Writer

Savage Messiah

Director

Savage Messiah

Producer

The Devils

Director

The Devils

Producer

The Devils

Screenplay

The Music Lovers

Director

The Music Lovers

Producer

The Boy Friend

Director

The Boy Friend

Producer

The Boy Friend

Screenplay

Dance of the Seven Veils

1970

Director

8.0

Dance of the Seven Veils

Writer

Women in Love

Director

Song of Summer

Director

Song of Summer

Writer

Billion Dollar Brain

Director

Dante's Inferno

Director

Don’t Shoot the Composer

Director

Don’t Shoot the Composer

Producer

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Director

4.9

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Writer

The Debussy Film

Director

The Debussy Film

Scenario Writer

Always on Sunday

Director

Always on Sunday

Producer

Always on Sunday

Scenario Writer

The Diary of a Nobody

1964

Director

The Diary of a Nobody

Writer

French Dressing

Director

Bela Bartók

Director

Bela Bartók

Screenplay

Pop Goes the Easel

Director

The Preservation Man

Director

Elgar

Director

Elgar

Writer

The Lonely Shore

Director

Mr Chesher’s Traction Engines

1962

Director

Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill

Director

London Moods

Director

Antonio Gaudí

Director

Prokofiev

Director

Old Battersea House

Director

A House in Bayswater

Director

A House in Bayswater

Writer

Journey Into a Lost World

Director

A Bedlington Miners' Picnic

Director

The Light Fantastic

Director

3.0

Shelagh Delaney's Salford

Director

5.5

John Betjeman: A Poet in London

Director

Variations on a Mechanical Theme

Director

Scottish Painters

Director

Portrait of a Goon

Director

From Spain to Streatham

Director

Gordon Jacob