credits of
Ken Russell
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."
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March 7th, 2025 | Twiggy | (archival footage) | 7.7 | |
August 26th, 2022 | The Who: One Band's Explosive Story | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
March 19th, 2012 | Director of Devils | Self | TBD | |
January 14th, 2012 | Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
January 1st, 2012 | The Devils Original on-set footage | TBD | TBD | |
October 7th, 2010 | Mr. Nice | Russell Miegs | 6.1 | |
August 19th, 2010 | The Aristofrogs | TBD | TBD | |
August 6th, 2009 | Boudica Bites Back | Roman Senator | TBD | |
June 1st, 2007 | A Kitten for Hitler | Santa | 4.7 | |
April 27th, 2007 | 10 Best Elgar | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
October 16th, 2006 | The Real Blue Nuns | Self | 4.5 | |
September 12th, 2006 | Trapped Ashes | Dr. Lucy (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts") | 5.1 | |
July 28th, 2006 | Brothers of the Head | Himself | 5.5 | |
October 6th, 2005 | Colour Me Kubrick | The Man In Nightgown | 5.7 | |
July 14th, 2004 | Revenge of the Elephant Man | TBD | TBD | |
November 29th, 2003 | 100 Greatest Sexy Moments | Self | 3.5 | |
July 19th, 2003 | Celebrity Naked Ambition | Self - Contributor | 8 | |
November 24th, 2002 | Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils | Self | 6.4 | |
September 22nd, 2002 | Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle | Narrator (voice) | 7.3 | |
February 2nd, 2002 | The Fall of the Louse of Usher | Dr. Calahari | 5.1 | |
January 13th, 2000 | The Real Oliver Reed | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 2000 | Lion's Mouth | Ken | 9 | |
November 14th, 1997 | Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song | Himself | 7.7 | |
October 2nd, 1996 | Vem Var Dracula | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 1996 | Tales of Erotica | Mr. Kirsch (segment 'The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch') (uncredited) | 3.9 | |
May 28th, 1995 | Empire of the Censors | Self | 5.3 | |
April 4th, 1995 | Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue | Self | 7 | |
January 1st, 1995 | The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch | Mr. Kirsch | 4.8 | |
January 1st, 1995 | Alice in Russialand | TBD | 7 | |
November 22nd, 1992 | The Secret Life of Arnold Bax | Sir Arnold Bax | 6.3 | |
June 21st, 1991 | Whore | Waiter (uncredited) | 5.3 | |
December 21st, 1990 | The Russia House | Walter | 6.1 | |
March 20th, 1989 | A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible | TBD | 6.5 | |
September 21st, 1988 | The Lair of the White Worm | Police Radio (voice) (uncredited) | 5.9 | |
May 6th, 1988 | Salome's Last Dance | Cappadocian | 6.2 | |
February 4th, 1988 | Ken Russell's ABC of British Music | Himself | 10 | |
November 27th, 1987 | Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell | TBD | TBD | |
February 27th, 1987 | Gothic | Tourist | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1986 | A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema | Self | TBD | |
January 1st, 1983 | Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait | Self | 6 | |
June 15th, 1979 | The Who: The Kids Are Alright | Self | 7.3 | |
September 7th, 1977 | Valentino | Rex Ingram (uncredited) | 5.8 | |
March 19th, 1975 | Tommy | Cripple (uncredited) | 6.4 | |
June 27th, 1972 | Savage Messiah | Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited) | 6.3 | |
September 15th, 1968 | Song of Summer | Priest | 6.3 | |
January 9th, 1966 | Don’t Shoot the Composer | Himself | 8 | |
January 2nd, 1966 | Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World | Captain Patterson | 5.4 | |
January 1st, 1966 | Russell at Work | TBD | TBD | |
June 2nd, 1961 | Walk With The Damned | Hood | TBD | |
TBD | PuzzleFace | god | TBD |