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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

5.918 average rating
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Tommy

6.512 average rating
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The Russia House

6.1 average rating
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Whore

5.298 average rating
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Valentino

5.854 average rating
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Gothic

5.713 average rating
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Twiggy

7.2 average rating
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Savage Messiah

6.313 average rating
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Colour Me Kubrick

5.701 average rating
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Trapped Ashes

5 average rating
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The Who: The Kids Are Alright

7.3 average rating
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Mr. Nice

6.131 average rating
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100 Greatest Sexy Moments

5 average rating
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Salome's Last Dance

6.3 average rating
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Vem Var Dracula

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The Aristofrogs

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Empire of the Censors

3.5 average rating
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Brothers of the Head

5.7 average rating
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Song of Summer

6.2 average rating
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The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

6 average rating