Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara

DirectorBorn The Bronx, New York, USA2 analyzed titles

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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.

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Career Woke Trend

Average scores of directed works by release year. Analyzed seasons appear in their respective years.

Woke score trend data
DateAverage score out of 10Titles analyzed
1993-07-0101
2023-07-0121

Filmography

Analyzed movies and shows directed by Abel Ferrara. Season credits are shown separately.