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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."
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1927-07-03
- event Death Date 2011-11-27
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 3.7
- info Birth Place Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Ken Russell
5.3
Whore
1991-06-21
6
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
1983-01-01
5.7
Gothic
1986-11-30
5
The Real Blue Nuns
2006-10-16
6.5
Tommy
1975-03-19
5
Trapped Ashes
2006-09-12
5.9
Valentino
1977-09-07
5.5
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
1966-01-02
6.3
Salome's Last Dance
1988-05-06
0
The Real Oliver Reed
2000-01-13
4.3
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
2002-02-02
4.7
A Kitten for Hitler
2007-06-01
6.9
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
2002-11-24
0
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
1995-04-04
4.1
Tales of Erotica
1996-01-01
0
Boudica Bites Back
2009-08-06
6.1
Savage Messiah
1972-06-27
4.4
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
1995-01-01
0
Revenge of the Elephant Man
2004-07-14
6.1
Mr. Nice
2010-10-07
0
Lion's Mouth
2000-01-01
8
The Who: One Band's Explosive Story
2022-08-26
0
In Search of Dracula
1996-10-02
0
Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell
1987-11-27
0
Don’t Shoot the Composer
1966-01-09
5.7
Brothers of the Head
2006-07-28
10
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
1988-02-04
0
Director of Devils
2012-03-19
0
A Turnip Head’s Guide To The British Cinema
1986-01-01
0
10 Best Elgar
2007-04-27
6.1
The Russia House
1990-12-21
3.5
Empire of the Censors
1995-05-28
8
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012-01-14
6.2
Song of Summer
1968-09-15
5.7
Colour Me Kubrick
2005-10-06
5.9
The Lair of the White Worm
1988-09-21
0
Walk With The Damned
1961-06-02
0
Russell at Work
1966-01-01
6
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992-11-22
0
The Aristofrogs
2010-08-19
5.8
A British Picture
1989-03-20
0
The Devils Original on-set footage
2012-01-01
0
PuzzleFace
6.5
Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song
1997-11-14
7.1
The Kids Are Alright
1979-06-15
0
Twiggy
2025-03-07
5
The South Bank Show
1978-01-14
0
Plunder
1990-03-05
7.2
Waking the Dead
2001-06-18
6
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993-07-12
4.7
Celebrity Big Brother
2001-03-09
7.7
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004-12-12
6.4
Lady Chatterley
1993-06-06
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6.4
French Dressing
1964-04-10
6.4
Billion Dollar Brain
1967-11-02
6.4
Tommy
1975-03-19
6.4
Tommy
1975-03-19
6.4
Tommy
1975-03-19
6.4
The Lair of the White Worm
1988-09-21
6.4
The Lair of the White Worm
1988-09-21
6.4
The Lair of the White Worm
1988-09-21
6.4
Whore
1991-06-21
6.4
Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song
1997-11-14
6.4
Altered States
1980-12-25
6.4
The Devils
1971-07-16
6.4
The Devils
1971-07-16
6.4
The Boy Friend
1971-12-16
6.4
The Boy Friend
1971-12-16
6.4
Gothic
1986-11-30
6.4
Crimes of Passion
1984-10-19
6.4
The Rainbow
1989-05-05
6.4
The Rainbow
1989-05-05
6.4
Trapped Ashes
2006-09-12
6.4
Valentino
1977-09-07
6.4
The Boy Friend
1971-12-16
6.4
Women in Love
1969-09-13
6.4
Lisztomania
1975-10-10
6.4
Lisztomania
1975-10-10
6.4
Salome's Last Dance
1988-05-06
6.4
Salome's Last Dance
1988-05-06
6.4
The Music Lovers
1971-02-12
6.4
Mahler
1974-04-04
6.4
Mahler
1974-04-04
6.4
Whore
1991-06-21
6.4
Whore
1991-06-21
6.4
Savage Messiah
1972-06-27
6.4
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
2002-02-02
6.4
Song of Summer
1968-09-15
6.4
Dante's Inferno
1967-12-22
6.4
Dogboys
1998-04-04
6.4
Dogboys
1998-04-04
6.4
A Kitten for Hitler
2007-06-01
6.4
A Kitten for Hitler
2007-06-01
6.4
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992-11-22
6.4
Dance of the Seven Veils
1970-02-15
6.4
Amelia and the Angel
1958-05-12
6.4
Elgar: Portrait of a Composer
1962-11-11
6.4
Tales of Erotica
1996-01-01
6.4
Mindbender
1996-10-02
6.4
Mindbender
1996-10-02
6.4
Boudica Bites Back
2009-08-06
6.4
Prisoner of Honor
1991-11-02
6.4
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
1995-01-01
6.4
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch
1995-01-01
6.4
Savage Messiah
1972-06-27
6.4
The Diary of a Nobody
1964-12-12
6.4
The Diary of a Nobody
1964-12-12
6.4
Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song
1997-11-14
6.4
A House in Bayswater
1960-08-26
6.4
Pop Goes the Easel
1962-03-25
6.4
Revenge of the Elephant Man
2004-07-14
6.4
Revenge of the Elephant Man
2004-07-14
6.4
Revenge of the Elephant Man
2004-07-14
6.4
The Devils
1971-07-16
6.4
Lion's Mouth
2000-01-01
6.4
Lion's Mouth
2000-01-01
6.4
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
2002-02-02
6.4
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
2002-02-02
6.4
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
2002-02-02
6.4
The Fall of the Louse of Usher
2002-02-02
6.4
The Light Fantastic
1960-12-18
6.4
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
1983-01-01
6.4
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
1983-01-01
6.4
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
1983-01-01
6.4
London Moods
1961-11-05
6.4
The Preservation Man
1962-05-20
6.4
From Spain to Streatham
1959-06-07
6.4
The Lonely Shore
1962-01-14
6.4
Bartók
1964-05-24
6.4
Bartók
1964-05-24
6.4
The Debussy Film
1965-05-18
6.4
The Debussy Film
1965-05-18
6.4
Kitsune
2016-10-29
6.4
Knights on Bikes
1956-01-01
6.4
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
1966-01-02
6.4
Always on Sunday
1965-06-28
6.4
Shelagh Delaney's Salford
1960-09-25
6.4
Antonio Gaudí
1961-03-12
6.4
Old Battersea House
1961-06-04
6.4
Gordon Jacob
1959-03-29
6.4
Don’t Shoot the Composer
1966-01-09
6.4
Don’t Shoot the Composer
1966-01-09
6.4
Scottish Painters
1959-10-25
6.4
The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner
1990-01-01
6.4
Variations on a Mechanical Theme
1959-04-21
6.4
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
1961-04-21
6.4
Peepshow
1956-03-29
6.4
Journey Into a Lost World
1960-03-28
6.4
Mr Chesher’s Traction Engines
1962-07-01
6.4
Faust
1985-06-01
6.4
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
1966-01-02
6.4
Monitor: Pop Goes the Easel
1962-03-25
6.4
Alice in Russialand
1995-01-01
6.4
The Planets
1983-01-30
6.4
A British Picture
1989-03-20
6.4
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
1988-02-04
6.4
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
1988-02-04
6.4
The Miner's Picnic by Ken Russell
2005-03-17
6.4
Prokofiev
1961-03-13
6.4
Song of Summer
1968-09-15
6.4
The Mystery of Dr Martinu
1993-09-27
6.4
Valentino
1977-09-07
6.4
Always on Sunday
1965-06-28
6.4
Always on Sunday
1965-06-28
6.4
Treasure Island
1995-09-27
6.4
The Mystery of Dr Martinu
1993-09-27
6.4
Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now
1989-07-01
6.4
Watch the Birdie
2007-02-17
6.4
Aria
1987-09-15
6.4
Aria
1987-09-15
6.4
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992-11-22
6.4
Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle
2002-09-22
6.4
Il Mefistofele
1989-01-01
6.4
Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House
2006-01-01
6.4
Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House
2006-01-01
6.4
Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House
2006-01-01
6.4
Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House
2006-01-01
6.4
Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House
2006-01-01
6.4
The Music Lovers
1971-02-12
6.4
A British Picture
1989-03-20
6.4
Treasure Island
1995-09-27
6.4
The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner
1990-01-01
6.4
Boudica Bites Back
2009-08-06
6.4
John Betjeman: A Poet in London
1959-03-01
6.4
Amelia and the Angel
1958-05-12
6.4
Amelia and the Angel
1958-05-12
6.4
Amelia and the Angel
1958-05-12
6.4
The Miners' Picnic
1960-07-03
6.4
The Rainbow
1989-05-05
6.4
Portrait of a Goon
1959-08-28
6.4
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990-04-02
6.4
Lourdes
1958-01-01
6.4
Dance of the Seven Veils
1970-02-15
6.4
A House in Bayswater
1960-08-26
6.4
The South Bank Show
1978-01-14
6.4
Six
1964-12-12
6.4
Lady Chatterley
1993-06-06
6.4
Lady Chatterley
1993-06-06
6.4
Clouds of Glory
1978-07-09
6.4
Clouds of Glory
1978-07-09
6.4
Lady Chatterley
1993-06-06