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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.

July 19, 1951 (75 years old) The Bronx, New York, USA
'Zeros and Ones' Clip: "I Would Light Myself on Fire"
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Movie Review: ‘Marty Supreme’

In theaters on December 25 from A24 is ‘Marty Supreme,’ the latest film from director Josh Safdie and loosely inspired b...
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‘Siberia’ Star Willem Dafoe Talks About His Latest Movie

Directed by Abel Ferrara, ‘Siberia’ is dreamlike and philosophical, and is ultimately an existential meditation wrapped...

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