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Ken Russell

1927-07-03

The Biography

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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Movies

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The Lair of the White Worm

5.9 average rating
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The Russia House

6.1 average rating
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Tommy

6.481 average rating
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Whore

5.3 average rating
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Gothic

5.689 average rating
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Mr. Nice

6.1 average rating
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Valentino

5.9 average rating
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Trapped Ashes

5 average rating
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Twiggy

0 average rating
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Colour Me Kubrick

5.686 average rating
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Brothers of the Head

5.7 average rating
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Salome's Last Dance

6.3 average rating
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Savage Messiah

6.1 average rating
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The Kids Are Alright

7.208 average rating
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Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

5.5 average rating
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Tales of Erotica

4.1 average rating
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The Who: One Band's Explosive Story

8 average rating
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Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

8 average rating
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In Search of Dracula

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Empire of the Censors

3.5 average rating