Abel Ferrara


  • Date of Birth: 19 July, 1951
  • Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York
  • Biography: Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951 in The Bronx) is an American movie screenwriter and director. He is best known as an independent filmmaker of such films as The Driller Killer (1979), Ms. 45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and The Funeral (1996).

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Abel Ferrara has exited Columbia's "Game of Death", the actioner that was set to reunite the acclaimed filmmaker with his "King of New York" (1990) star (well, Chris Walken was realtl the star of that show, but you know what... ... Full Article

WHO BETTER than the director of such edgy fare as "Bad Lieutenant" and "King of New York" to chronicle the life and times of Manhattan's legendary Chelsea Hotel? ... Full Article

"I never lived at the Chelsea Hotel, but I used to visit a lot," says Abel Ferrara, slouching against the long wooden bar at El Quijote, a Spanish restaurant next door to the hotel. ... Full Article

A promo poster for director Abel Ferrara's modern day adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale is also found. " Jekyll and Hyde " has got its detailed plot making its round. ... Full Article

Abel Ferrara 's Naples is the city glimpsed in the accounts of a few female prisoners in Pozzuoli jail, women who have experienced drug dealing, robberies, violence and the degradation of a life without prospects. ... Full Article

Hell hath no fury like a director's scorn. Abel Ferrera, director of the 1992 cult classic, "Bad Lieutenant," screened his new documentary, "Napoli, Napoli, Napoli," at the Venice Film Festival. ... Full Article

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