Person
Ken Kelsch
Camera · 1947–2023 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
Kenneth Arthur Kelsch (July 8, 1947 – December 11, 2023) was an American cinematographer. He was best known for his guerilla filmmaking style and his career-spanning partnership with filmmaker Abel Ferrara, with whom he made more than a dozen films, including The Driller Killer (1979), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Dangerous Game (1993), The Addiction (1995), The Blackout (1997), and Welcome to New York (2014), as well as a segment of the HBO dark comedy drama anthology series Subway Stories (1997).
Known for
Medium
Director of Photography
Big Night
Director of Photography
Desert Flower
Director of Photography
Bad Lieutenant
Director of Photography
100 Feet
Garbage Man
'R Xmas
Director of Photography
The Impostors
Director of Photography
The Addiction
Director of Photography
It Had to Be You
Director of Photography
Manson Girls
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 2019Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of SpookiesHimself
- 2019The ProjectionistDirector of Photography
- 2018Talking with the Vampires
- 2016The Brooklyn BankerDirector of Photography
- 2014Welcome to New YorkDirector of Photography
- 2013House of Last ThingsDirector of Photography
- 20124:44 Last Day on EarthDirector of Photography
- 2009Desert FlowerDirector of Photography
- 2008SıcakDirector of Photography
- 2008Return to Sleepaway CampDirector of Photography
- 2008100 FeetGarbage Man
- 2008Chelsea on the RocksDirector of Photography
- 2005Before It Had a NameDirector of Photography
- 2005MediumDirector of Photography
- 2005Missing in AmericaDirector of Photography
- 2003Happy EndDirector of Photography
- 2003Asmalı Konak: HayatDirector of Photography
- 2003TestosteroneDirector of Photography
- 2001'R XmasDirector of Photography
- 2000It Had to Be YouDirector of Photography
- 1999New Rose HotelThe Expeditor
- 1999Invisible ChildDirector of Photography
- 1998Rear WindowDirector of Photography
- 1998Susan's PlanCasino Pit Boss
- 1998The ImpostorsDirector of Photography
- 1998MontanaDirector of Photography
- 1998A Brooklyn State of MindDirector of Photography
- 1997Every 9 SecondsDirector of Photography
- 1997Subway StoriesDirector of Photography
- 1997The BlackoutDirector of Photography
- 1996The ProsecutorsDirector of Photography
- 1996Big NightDirector of Photography
- 1996Killer: A Journal of MurderDirector of Photography
- 1996Mylène Farmer: CaliforniaCinematography
- 1996The FuneralDirector of Photography
- 1995Condition RedDirector of Photography
- 1995The AddictionDirector of Photography
- 1994Drop SquadDirector of Photography
- 1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson WhittakerDirector of Photography
- 1993Dangerous GameCamera Operator (uncredited)
- 1992Bad LieutenantDirector of Photography
- 1992Killer DeadDirector of Photography
- 1986SpookiesDirector of Photography
- 1982In Our WaterAdditional Camera
- 1979Don't Go in the House
- 1979The Driller KillerDirector of Photography
- —Manson GirlsDirector of Photography
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