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Abel Ferrara

Director • Born 1951

Abel Ferrara

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About

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.

Known for

Miami Vice posterMiami ViceSeries • 1984Marty Supreme posterMarty SupremeMovie • 2025Crime Story posterCrime StorySeries • 1986Black Butterfly posterBlack ButterflyMovie • 2017King of New York posterKing of New YorkMovie • 1990Bad Lieutenant posterBad LieutenantMovie • 1992Daddy Longlegs posterDaddy LonglegsMovie • 2010Ms .45 posterMs .45Movie • 1981Body Snatchers posterBody SnatchersMovie • 1993The Sweet East posterThe Sweet EastMovie • 2023Mary posterMaryMovie • 2005'R Xmas poster'R XmasMovie • 20014:44 Last Day on Earth poster4:44 Last Day on EarthMovie • 2012Zeros and Ones posterZeros and OnesMovie • 2021Siberia posterSiberiaMovie • 2020The Funeral posterThe FuneralMovie • 1996The Addiction posterThe AddictionMovie • 1995China Girl posterChina GirlMovie • 1987Welcome to New York posterWelcome to New YorkMovie • 2014Padre Pio posterPadre PioMovie • 2022The Blackout posterThe BlackoutMovie • 1997Fear City posterFear CityMovie • 1984Go Go Tales posterGo Go TalesMovie • 2008New Rose Hotel posterNew Rose HotelMovie • 1999