Ken Russell
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-07-03
Place of Birth
Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Ken Russell
Biography
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (3 July 1927 – 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 – 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."
Also Known For
Whore
Jun 21, 1991
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
Jan 01, 1983
Gothic
Feb 27, 1987
The Real Blue Nuns
Oct 16, 2006
Tommy
Mar 19, 1975
Trapped Ashes
Sep 12, 2006
Valentino
Sep 07, 1977
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
Jan 02, 1966
Salome's Last Dance
May 06, 1988
The Real Oliver Reed
Jan 13, 2000
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
Feb 02, 2002
A Kitten for Hitler
Jun 01, 2007
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
Nov 24, 2002
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
Apr 04, 1995
Tales of Erotica
Jan 01, 1996
Boudica Bites Back
Aug 06, 2009
Savage Messiah
Jun 27, 1972
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
Jan 01, 1995
Revenge of the Elephant Man
Jul 14, 2004
Mr. Nice
Oct 07, 2010
Lion's Mouth
Jan 01, 2000
The Who: One Band's Explosive Story
Aug 26, 2022
Vem Var Dracula
Oct 02, 1996
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
Nov 27, 1987
Don’t Shoot the Composer
Jan 09, 1966
Brothers of the Head
Jul 28, 2006
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Feb 04, 1988
Director of Devils
Mar 19, 2012
A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema
Jan 01, 1986
10 Best Elgar
Apr 27, 2007
The Russia House
Dec 21, 1990
Empire of the Censors
May 28, 1995
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
Jan 14, 2012
Song of Summer
Sep 15, 1968
Colour Me Kubrick
Oct 06, 2005
The Lair of the White Worm
Sep 21, 1988
Walk With The Damned
Jun 02, 1961
Russell at Work
Jan 01, 1966
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
Nov 22, 1992
The Aristofrogs
Aug 19, 2010
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible
Mar 20, 1989
The Devils Original on-set footage
Jan 01, 2012
PuzzleFace
Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song
Nov 14, 1997
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
Jun 15, 1979
Twiggy
Mar 07, 2025
Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle
Sep 22, 2002
Alice in Russialand
Jan 01, 1995
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Nov 29, 2003
The South Bank Show
Jan 14, 1978
Plunder
Mar 05, 1990
Waking the Dead
Jun 18, 2001
Frank Stubbs Promotes
Jul 12, 1993
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dec 12, 2004
Lady Chatterley
Jun 06, 1993
Celebrity Big Brother
Mar 08, 2001
