Abel Ferrara
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 19, 1951, The Bronx, New York, USA
- Movies
- 86
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.
Upcoming Abel Ferrara Movies
Cabaret Boys
2026
October 16, 2026
American Nails
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2024 | Turn in the Wound | Director |
| 2022 | Padre Pio | Director, Writer |
| 2021 | Zeros and Ones | Director, Screenplay |
| 2020 | Sportin' Life | Director |
| 2020 | Siberia | Screenplay, Director |
| 2020 | Tommaso | Director, Screenplay |
| 2019 | The Projectionist | Director |
| 2018 | Alive in France | Director |
| 2018 | Talking with the Vampires | Director |
| 2017 | Piazza Vittorio | Director |
| 2015 | Searching for Padre Pio | Director |
| 2014 | Pasolini | Director |
| 2014 | Welcome to New York | Director, Writer |
| 2012 | 4:44 Last Day on Earth | Writer, Director |
| 2010 | 42 One Dream Rush | Director |
| 2010 | Mulberry St. | Director |
| 2010 | Napoli, Napoli, Napoli | Director, Writer |
| 2009 | Bandaged | Producer |
| 2008 | Go Go Tales | Director, Screenplay |
| 2008 | Chelsea on the Rocks | Director, Writer |
| 2006 | Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV | Director |
| 2005 | Mary | Director |
| 2002 | White Boy | Producer |
| 2001 | 'R Xmas | Director, Screenplay |
| 2001 | Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III | Director |
| 1999 | New Rose Hotel | Director, Screenplay |
| 1997 | Subway Stories | Director |
| 1997 | The Blackout | Director, Screenplay |
| 1996 | The Funeral | Director |
| 1995 | The Addiction | Director |
| 1993 | Dangerous Game | Director |
| 1993 | Body Snatchers | Director |
| 1992 | Bad Lieutenant | Director, Screenplay |
| 1990 | King of New York | Director |
| 1989 | Cat Chaser | Director |
| 1987 | China Girl | Director |
| 1986 | Crime Story: Pilot | Director |
| 1986 | The Gladiator | Director |
| 1984 | Fear City | Director |
| 1981 | Ms .45 | Director |
| 1979 | The Driller Killer | Director |
| 1976 | 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy | Director |
| 1973 | Could This Be Love | Writer, Director |
| 1972 | The Hold Up | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | Nicky's Film | Director |
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