Ken Kelsch
Born: 1947-07-08 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 2023-12-11
Known For: Camera
Biography
Kenneth Arthur Kelsch (July 8, 1947 – December 11, 2023) was an American cinematographer. He was best known for his guerilla filmmaking style and his career-spanning partnership with filmmaker Abel Ferrara, with whom he made more than a dozen films, including The Driller Killer (1979), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Dangerous Game (1993), The Addiction (1995), The Blackout (1997), and Welcome to New York (2014), as well as a segment of the HBO dark comedy drama anthology series Subway Stories (1997).
Filmography
2019
- The Projectionist ... (Director of Photography)
- Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies as Himself
2016
- The Brooklyn Banker ... (Director of Photography)
2014
- Welcome to New York ... (Director of Photography)
2013
- House of Last Things ... (Director of Photography)
2012
- 4:44 Last Day on Earth ... (Director of Photography)
2009
- Desert Flower ... (Director of Photography)
2008
- 100 Feet as Garbage Man
- Return to Sleepaway Camp ... (Director of Photography)
- Chelsea on the Rocks ... (Director of Photography)
- Sıcak ... (Director of Photography)
2005
- Medium ... (Director of Photography)
- Missing in America ... (Director of Photography)
- Before It Had a Name ... (Director of Photography)
2003
- Testosterone ... (Director of Photography)
- Happy End ... (Director of Photography)
- Asmalı Konak: Hayat ... (Director of Photography)
2001
- 'R Xmas ... (Director of Photography)
2000
- It Had to Be You ... (Director of Photography)
1999
- New Rose Hotel as The Expeditor
- Invisible Child ... (Director of Photography)
1998
- Rear Window ... (Director of Photography)
- Montana ... (Director of Photography)
- The Impostors ... (Director of Photography)
- A Brooklyn State of Mind ... (Director of Photography)
- Susan's Plan as Casino Pit Boss
1997
- Subway Stories ... (Director of Photography)
- The Blackout ... (Director of Photography)
- Every 9 Seconds ... (Director of Photography)
1996
- Big Night ... (Director of Photography)
- The Funeral ... (Director of Photography)
- Killer: A Journal of Murder ... (Director of Photography)
- The Prosecutors ... (Director of Photography)
- Mylène Farmer: California ... (Cinematography)
1995
- The Addiction ... (Director of Photography)
- Condition Red ... (Director of Photography)
1994
- Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker ... (Director of Photography)
- Drop Squad ... (Director of Photography)
1993
- Dangerous Game as Camera Operator (uncredited)
1992
- Bad Lieutenant ... (Director of Photography)
- Killer Dead ... (Director of Photography)
1986
- Spookies ... (Director of Photography)
1982
- In Our Water ... (Additional Camera)
1979
- The Driller Killer ... (Director of Photography)
- Don't Go in the House