Actor

Abel Ferrara

Directing

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Acting credits

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

1.8

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Movies: 77Series: 3Crew credits: 50

TMDB ID: 39104

IMDb ID: nm0001206

Known for: Directing

Born: July 19, 1951

Age: 74

Place of birth: The Bronx, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1971 - 2025

Years active: 55

Average TMDB rating: 5.82

Wikidata: Q262608

Also known as

Jimmy Laine • Абель Феррара • アベル・フェラーラ • 아벨 페라라 • 에이블 페라라 • 阿贝尔·费拉拉 • Jimmy Boy L.

Other jobs

Director (42)Writer (3)Producer (2)Screenplay (2)Executive Producer (1)

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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.