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- Place
Abel Ferrara
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.
As director
Turn in the Wound
Padre Pio
Zeros and Ones
Tommaso
Siberia
Sportin' Life
The Projectionist
Alive in France
Talking with the Vampires
Piazza Vittorio
Searching for Padre Pio
Welcome to New York
Pasolini
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
Mulberry St.
42 One Dream Rush
Go Go Tales
Chelsea on the Rocks
Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV
Mary
'R Xmas
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
New Rose Hotel
The Blackout
Subway Stories
The Funeral
Mylène Farmer: California
The Addiction
Body Snatchers
As actor
Judas' Gospel
Marty Supreme
The Passion According to Béatrice
Soldato sotto la luna
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Buon Lavoro
The Night Burns
Bleedings
Sportin' Life
The Projectionist
The App
A Talent For Trouble
Alive in France
Wiara
Talking with the Vampires
Black Butterfly
Piazza Vittorio
Ultima Chiamata
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Plankton Salesmen
Sculpt
Don Peyote
Balkan Spirit
Abel Ferrara in Lucca
Home Sweet Home
Mulberry St.
Uncle Bob
Daddy Longlegs
Chelsea on the Rocks
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