
Abel Ferrara
Known for directing · Born 19 July 1951 · 75 · The Bronx, New York, USA
99 credits
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

Bad Lieutenant
1992

King of New York
1990

Miami Vice
1984

Body Snatchers
1993

Ms .45
1981

The Addiction
1995

Pasolini
2014

Zeros and Ones
2021

The Funeral
1996

The Driller Killer
1979

4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012

New Rose Hotel
1999