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#1: From 'The Ken Show', 2013
#3: [Right]
Born: ?, as Kenneth Kelsch.
Education: St. John's Atonement Seminary, Montour Falls, N.Y. [1963-65]; Montclair State University, Montclair, N.J. [BA English Literature, 1973]; Tisch School of the Arts, New York University [1974-77; MFA Film].
Career: Was a Green Beret and served in the Special Forces in Vietnam.
Ph various CNN special assignments [1983-86]. Ph commercials dir by Michael McNamara, Gary Lankford, a.o. Ph music videos dir by Abel Ferrara.
Announced [in 2004] as director [replacing Ed Caraballo] of the doc 'Never Give Up - The J. Keith Idema Story/Any Lesser Man' [status unknown].
Appeared in the doc 'A Short Film About the Long Career of Abel Ferrara' [2004; 47m].
Awards: Independent Spirit Award nom [1997] for 'The Funeral'.
FILMS | |
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1977 |
The Driller Killer [Abel Ferrara] 16mm-35bu/c; 2uc: Dale Denning & Kalman Schissel; addph: David Sperling; filmed 1977-78 |
1981 |
In Our Water [Meg Switzgable] c; doc/60m; cph: Barry Sonnenfeld, Robert Chappell & Dick Blofson |
1985 |
Spookies/Twisted Souls [Eugenie Joseph; (dir unfinished film 'Twisted Souls') Thomas Doran & Brendan Faulkner] c; cph: Robert Chappell; 2uc: C.W. Cressler & Dale Denning; spec pfx: Larry Revene & Al Magliochetti |
1990 |
Non-Vegetarian Zombies from Outer Space/Killer Dead [Brendan Faulkner] c/V |
1992 |
Bad Lieutenant [Abel Ferrara] c |
1993 |
Dangerous Game/Snake Eyes [Abel Ferrara] c |
1993 |
Drop Squad [D. Clark Johnson] c |
1994 |
Condition Red [Mika Kaurismäki] c; 2uc: Jacques Cheuiche |
1994 |
The Addiction [Abel Ferrara] b&w |
1994 |
Killer: A Journal of Murder/The Killer [Tim Metcalfe] c; addph: Fernando Arguelles |
1995 |
Big Night [Stanley Tucci & Campbell Scott] c |
1995 |
The Funeral [Abel Ferrara] c |
1996 |
California [Abel Ferrara] c; mus short (with a: Mylène Farmer)/5m |
1996 |
A Brooklyn State of Mind [Frank Rainone] c |
1996 |
The Blackout [Abel Ferrara] c |
1996 |
Love Notes/Backroads to Vegas [Kirsten Bulmer] c/V; ph seg 'Rachel': Alan Caudillo |
1997 |
Montana/Nothing Personal [Jennifer Leitzes] c |
1997 |
The Impostors [Stanley Tucci] c |
1997 |
New Rose Hotel [Abel Ferrara] c; + small part |
1998 |
It Had to Be You [Steven Feder] c |
1998 |
Susan's Plan/Dying to Get Rich [John Landis] c; + small part |
2000 |
'R Xmas [Abel Ferrara] c |
2002 |
Nowhere to Go But Up/Happy End [Amos Kollek] c; addph: Dennis A. Livesey |
2003 |
Asmali konak - Hayat [Abdullah Oguz] c |
2003 |
Testosterone [David Moreton] c |
2003 |
Return to Sleepaway Camp/Sleepaway Camp V: The Return/Nightmare Vacation V [Robert Hiltzik] c/V; cph (+ gaffer): Brian Pryzpek; sfx ph: Brian Rigney Hubbard |
2003 |
Missing in America [Gabrielle Savage Dockterman] c |
2005 |
Before It Had a Name/The Black Widow [Giada Colagrande] c; addph: Brian Pryzpek |
2007 |
100 Feet [Eric Red] s35/c; + small part |
2007 |
With a Bullet [Steven Feder] in development; screenplay dates from 1999; scheduled to start shooting in 2000; later November 2007; status unknown |
2007 |
Chelsea on the Rocks [Abel Ferrara] HD-to-35mm/c; doc/89m; cph: David Hausen |
2008 |
Desert Flower/Wüstenblume [Sherry Hormann] c; fashion unit ph: Deborah Schamoni |
[Left] - "Sicak"
2008 |
Sicak [Abdullah Oguz] c |
2009 |
Carmilla, the Homecoming [Abel Ferrara] announced; scheduled to start filming March 2010 |
2010 |
Someday Melissa [- The Story of an Eating Disorder, Loss and Hope] [Jeffrey Cobelli] c; doc/61m; cph: J. Cobelli, Lowell Freedman & Paul Dalpe |
[Left] with Federico Castelluccio and actress Yvonne Maria Schäfer - "Lily of the Feast"
2010 |
Lily of the Feast [Federico Castelluccio] c; short/21m; see 2014 |
2010 |
House of Last Things/The Last House [Michael Bartlett] c |
2011 |
4:44 Last Day on Earth [Abel Ferrara] RED-to-D-Cinema/c |
2011 |
Caffeinism [Michael Moroney] c; short/18m |
2011 |
Manson Girls [Susanna Lo] in development since 2008; scheduled to start filming in March; a trailer was shot at the end of 2011; in 2012 waiting for additional funds |
2012 |
Hooking Up [Steven Feder] pre-production; scheduled to start filming in September |
2012 |
Checkmate - Keep Your Enemies Closer [Federico Castelluccio] RED One/c; short/17m |
2012 |
A Bedtime Story [Monica Tidwell] c; short/21m |
2013 |
Welcome to New York [Abel Ferrara] HD/c |
2013 |
Rawdon's Roof [Monica Tidwell] c; short/45m |
2014 |
The Cask of Amontillado [Monica Tidwell] HD/c; short/24m |
2014 |
The Brooklyn Banker/Lily of the Feast [Federico Castelluccio] RED Epic/c; 95m; based on the short film; see 2010 |
2016 |
The Jonathan Fleming Project [?] ?; doc/?m |
TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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1990 |
When I Grow Up [6 ep dir by Tom Avitabile] 13-part series; Public Service spots (60s), inserted between CBS Saturday Morning Television programming |
1991 |
FBI: The Untold Stories [pilot 'The Judge Wood Case' dir by Abel Ferrara (left before end of shooting) & Charles Braverman] 53-part (?) series, 1991-93; pilot was in b&w and color; K. Kelsch was uncred; Donald McCuaig was the cred ph; for ABC-tv |
1993 |
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker [Harry Moses] tvm |
1995 |
Idols of the Game [no director cred] 3-part ('Inventing the All-American', 'Babes in Boyland' & 'Love and Money') doc series; for TNT |
1996 |
The Prosecutors [Rod Holcomb] pilot; for NBC-tv |
1996 |
Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground [seg (8m) 'Love on the A Train' dir by Abel Ferrara, 'The 5:24' dir by Bob Balaban, 'HOney-Getter' dir by Alison Maclean, 'Fern's Heart of Darkness' dir by Patricia Benoit, 'Sax Cantor Riff' dir by Julie Dash, 'Underground' dir by Lucas Platt & 'The Listeners' dir by Seth Rosenfeld] tvm/82m/10 seg; other ph: Adam Kimmel (seg dir by Ted Demme), Tony Jannelli (seg dir by Jonathan Demme) & Tom Hurwitz (seg dir by Craig McKay); seg dir by Spike Lee was cut from film |
1997 |
Every 9 Seconds/A Call for Help [Kenneth Fink] tvm |
1998 |
Rear Window [Jeff Bleckner] tvm |
1998 |
Invisible Child [Joan Micklin Silver] tvm |
1999 |
Private Lies/Bye Bye America/Scheidung auf amerikanisch [Sherry Hormann] tvm |
1999 |
Now and Again [pilot 'Origins' dir by Glenn Gordon Caron + 12 ep dir by various] 22-part series, 1999-2000; other ph: Dejan Georgevich |
2000 |
The $treet/The Street [ep #2 'Propheting on Losses' dir by Michael Dinner, #3 'High Yield Bonds' dir by David Jones & #4 'Closet Cases' dir by Stephen Gyllenhaal] 12-part (5 unaired) series, 2000; other ph: Edward J. Pei (pilot) & Arthur Albert (3 ep) |
2001 |
Fling [Glenn Gordon Caron] series; unaired; FOX-tv became unhappy with the direction of the series and cancelled the show during the prod of the 7th (out of 13) episode; as a result none of the completed episodes have ever been aired |
2002 |
Hack [pilot dir by Thomas Carter] 40-part series, 2002-04; 1st season, 2002-03 (22 ep); other ph: Sharone Meir (5 ep), Adam Kane (3 ep), Michael Grady (1 ep) & Craig DiBona (12 ep) |
2004 |
Medium [12 ep dir by various] 130-part series, 2005-11; 1st season, 2005 (16 ep) |
2005 |
Medium [21 ep (#17-37) dir by various] 2nd season, 2005-06 (22 ep); other ph (#38): Larry Reibman; see 2004 |
2012 |
Pizza Connection [Abel Ferrara] ?-part web series/HD (Canon EOS 7D); for Vice |
2015 |
Worth Avenue [?] ?-part miniseries, 2016; announced |
MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1978 |
The Fox Affair [Fereidun Jorjani] key grip; ph: Peter Palian |
1979 |
Don't Go in the House [Joseph Ellison] 1st electrics (+ small part); ph: Oliver Wood |