Ken Russell
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."
Acting
Movie
Tommy
as Cripple (uncredited)
1975
Movie
The Russia House
as Walter
1990
Movie
The Lair of the White Worm
as Police Radio (voice) (uncredited)
1988
Movie
Gothic
as Tourist
1987
Movie
Mr. Nice
as Russell Miegs
2010
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Rev Caleb Dane Calthrop
2004
Movie
Whore
as Waiter (uncredited)
1991
Movie
Colour Me Kubrick
as The Man In Nightgown
2005
Movie
Trapped Ashes
as Dr. Lucy (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
2006
Movie
Valentino
as Rex Ingram (uncredited)
1977
TV
Celebrity Big Brother
as Self
2001
TV
Waking the Dead
as Gerry Raistrick
2001
Movie
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
as Self
1979
Movie
Salome's Last Dance
as Cappadocian
1988
Movie
Savage Messiah
as Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited)
1972
Movie
Brothers of the Head
as Himself
2006
TV
Lady Chatterley
as Sir Michael Reid
1993
Movie
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
as Dr. Calahari
2002
Movie
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
as Self
2002
Movie
Tales of Erotica
as Mr. Kirsch (segment 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch') (uncredited)
1996
Movie
A Kitten for Hitler
as Santa
2007
Movie
Song of Summer
as Priest
1968
TV
Omnibus
as Self
1967
Movie
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
as Captain Patterson
1966
Crew
Movie
Altered States
Director
1980
Movie
The Devils
Director
1971
Movie
Tommy
Director
1975
Movie
The Lair of the White Worm
Director
1988
Movie
Crimes of Passion
Director
1984
Movie
Gothic
Director
1987
Movie
Women in Love
Director
1969
Movie
Billion Dollar Brain
Director
1967
Movie
Whore
Director
1991
Movie
The Music Lovers
Director
1971
Movie
Trapped Ashes
Director
2006
Movie
Mahler
Director
1974