Cast
Ken Russell
Directing
Cast
Ken Russell
Known for
Directing
Born
1927-07-03
From
Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Died
2011-11-27
Also known as Alfred Russell, Alf Russell
Biography
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (3 July 1927 â 27 November 2011) was an English film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film, and for his controversial style. He has been criticized as being over-obsessed with sexuality and the church. His subject matter is often about famous composers, or based on other works of art which he adapts loosely. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he did creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. He also directed many feature films independently and for studios. He is best known for his Oscar-winning romantic drama Women in Love (1969), the notoriously controversial The Devils (1971), the rock musical Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980). One noted admirer, British film critic Mark Kermode, attempting to sum up the director's achievement, called Russell; "somebody who proved that British cinema didn't have to be about kitchen-sink realism â it could be every bit as flamboyant as Fellini. He now makes very strange experimental films like Lion's Mouth and Revenge of the Elephant Man, and they are as edgy and out there as the work he made in the 1970s."
Valentino
as Rex Ingram (uncredited)
Tommy
as Cripple (uncredited)
The Lair of the White Worm
as Police Radio (voice) (uncredited)
The Russia House
as Walter
Whore
as Waiter (uncredited)
Gothic
as Tourist
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self - Contributor
Trapped Ashes
as Dr. Lucy (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
Twiggy
as (archival footage)
Mr. Nice
as Russell Miegs
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
Alice in Russialand
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
as Dr. Calahari
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
as Self
Savage Messiah
as Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited)
Colour Me Kubrick
as The Man In Nightgown
Tales of Erotica
as Mr. Kirsch (segment 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch') (uncredited)
Empire of the Censors
as Self
The Aristofrogs
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
as Self
Vem Var Dracula
as Self
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
as Self
The Real Oliver Reed
as Self
Brothers of the Head
as Himself
Salome's Last Dance
as Cappadocian
Song of Summer
as Priest
Director of Devils
as Self
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
as Mr. Kirsch
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
as Himself
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
as Sir Arnold Bax
Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song
as Himself
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
as Self (archive footage)
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
as Captain Patterson
The Who: One Band's Explosive Story
as Self (archive footage)
Boudica Bites Back
as Roman Senator
Walk With The Damned
as Hood
A Kitten for Hitler
as Santa
10 Best Elgar
as Self (archive footage)
Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle
as Narrator (voice)
The Real Blue Nuns
as Self
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
as Self
Revenge of the Elephant Man
Russell at Work
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
as Self
Donât Shoot the Composer
as Himself
PuzzleFace
as god
The Devils Original on-set footage
Lion's Mouth
as Ken
