Abel Ferrara
Director
Biography
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.
Filmography
Black Butterfly
as Pat 2017
Ms .45
as 1st Rapist 1981
The Driller Killer
as Reno Miller 1979
The App
2019
Marty Supreme
as Ezra Mishkin 2025
Daddy Longlegs
as Robber 2010
9 Lives of a Wet Pussy
as Old Man 1976
Don Peyote
as Taxi Cab Driver 2014
Don Peyote
as Manhattan Cab Driver 2014
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self 2008
Mulberry St.
as Self 2010
Piazza Vittorio
as Himself 2017
Uncle Bob
as Self 2010
Balkan Spirit
as Self - Director 2013
Alive in France
as Self 2018
The Projectionist
as Himself 2019
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
as Self 2017