Abel Ferrara
Born: 1951-07-19 in The Bronx, New York, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Marty Supreme as Ezra Mishkin
- Judas' Gospel as Herodes
2024
- The Passion According to Béatrice as Self
- Turn in the Wound ... (Director)
2023
- The Sweet East ... (Thanks)
- Padre Pio ... (Director)
2022
2021
- Zeros and Ones ... (Director)
- The Night Burns as Abel
- Bleedings
2020
- Siberia ... (Screenplay)
- Tommaso ... (Director)
- Sportin' Life as Self
2019
- The App
- The Projectionist as Himself
2018
- Alive in France as Self
- A Talent For Trouble as Self
- Talking with the Vampires
- Wiara as Self
2017
- Plankton Salesmen as Self (archive footage)
- Black Butterfly as Pat
- Ultima Chiamata
- Piazza Vittorio as Himself
- Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life as Self
2016
2015
- Searching for Padre Pio ... (Director)
2014
- Welcome to New York ... (Screenplay)
- Don Peyote as Taxi Cab Driver
- Pasolini ... (Director)
2013
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown as Self
- Balkan Spirit as Self - Director
2012
- Home Sweet Home
- Abel Ferrara in Lucca
- 4:44 Last Day on Earth ... (Writer)
2011
- Happy Life ... (Executive Producer)
2010
- Daddy Longlegs as Robber
- 42 One Dream Rush ... (Director)
- Mulberry St. as Self
- Uncle Bob as Self
- Napoli, Napoli, Napoli ... (Director)
2009
- Bandaged ... (Producer)
2008
- Go Go Tales ... (Director)
- Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
2007
- Cannes: All Access as Self
2006
- Exes as Caïn
- Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV ... (Director)
2005
- Mary ... (Director)
- Odyssey in Rome
2004
- Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me! as Himself
2003
- Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty as Self
2002
- White Boy ... (Producer)
2001
- 'R Xmas ... (Director)
- Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III ... (Director)
1999
- New Rose Hotel ... (Director)
1998
- Abel/Asia as Self
1997
- Subway Stories ... (Director)
- The Blackout ... (Director)
1996
- The Funeral ... (Director)
- Mylène Farmer: California ... (Director)
1995
- The Addiction ... (Director)
- At Sundance as Self
1993
- Body Snatchers ... (Director)
- Dangerous Game ... (Director)
1992
- Bad Lieutenant ... (Director)
1990
- King of New York ... (Director)
1989
- Cat Chaser ... (Director)
1987
- China Girl ... (Director)
1986
- Crime Story ... (Director)
- The Gladiator ... (Director)
- Crime Story: Pilot ... (Director)
1984
- Miami Vice ... (Director)
- Fear City ... (Director)
1981
- Ms .45 as 1st Rapist
1979
- The Driller Killer as Reno Miller
1976
- 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy as Old Man
1973
- Could This Be Love ... (Writer)
1972
- The Hold Up ... (Director)
1971
- Nicky's Film as Man in junkyard