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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|19}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|19}}
| birth_place = [[The Bronx]], New York City, U.S.
| birth_place = [[The Bronx]], New York City, U.S.
| othername = Jimmy Boy L, Jimmy Laine
| othername = {{hlist|Jimmy Boy L|Jimmy Laine}}
| yearsactive = 1971–present
| yearsactive = 1971–present
| occupation = Director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor, cinematographer
| occupation = {{cslist|Director|screenwriter|actor|producer|musician|songwriter}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
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* {{marriage|Nancy Ferrara|1982|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Nancy Ferrara|1982|end=divorced}}
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'''Abel Ferrara''' ({{IPA|it|ferˈraːra|}}; born July 19, 1951)<ref>Nicole Brenez, [https://books.google.com/books?id=k8iLpYdw6mMC&dq=nicholas+st+john+abel+ferrara+high+school&pg=PA2 ''Abel Ferrara''], University of Illinois Press, 2007 page 2</ref> is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and songwriter. 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 City|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 film)|The Funeral]]'' (1996), chronicling violent crime in urban settings with spiritual overtones.

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'''Abel Ferrara''' (born July 19, 1951)<ref>Nicole Brenez, [https://books.google.com/books?id=k8iLpYdw6mMC&dq=nicholas+st+john+abel+ferrara+high+school&pg=PA2 ''Abel Ferrara''], University of Illinois Press, 2007 page 2</ref> is an American filmmaker, 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 City|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 film)|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 film)|''Body Snatchers'']] (1993), [[cyberpunk]] thriller ''[[New Rose Hotel (film)|New Rose Hotel]]'' (1998), the religious drama [[Mary (2005 film)|''Mary'']] (2005), the black comedy ''[[Go Go Tales]]'' (2007), and the biopic [[Pasolini (film)|''Pasolini'']] (2014), as well as in several [[Documentary film|documentary]] filmmaking projects.
Ferrara also worked in a wide array of genres, including the sci-fi remake [[Body Snatchers (1993 film)|''Body Snatchers'']] (1993), [[cyberpunk]] thriller ''[[New Rose Hotel (film)|New Rose Hotel]]'' (1998), the religious drama [[Mary (2005 film)|''Mary'']] (2005), the black comedy ''[[Go Go Tales]]'' (2007), and the biopic [[Pasolini (film)|''Pasolini'']] (2014), as well as in several [[Documentary film|documentary]] filmmaking projects.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Ferrara was born in [[the Bronx]] of [[Italians|Italian]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name="ref1">{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Patrick|title=MOVIES The Prince of Darkness Director Abel Ferrara practices a kind of gonzo filmmaking, and his violent vision isn't a particularly popular one in Hollywood|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1990-10-28|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59945608.html?dids=59945608%3A59945608&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct+28%2C+1990&author=PATRICK+GOLDSTEIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=MOVIES+The+Prince+of+Darkness+Director+Abel+Ferrara+practices+a+kind+of+gonzo+filmmaking%2C+and+his+violent+vision+isn%27t+a+particularly+popular+one+in+Hollywood&pqatl=google|access-date=2009-11-21|archive-date=July 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724221509/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59945608.html?dids=59945608%3A59945608&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct+28%2C+1990&author=PATRICK+GOLDSTEIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=MOVIES+The+Prince+of+Darkness+Director+Abel+Ferrara+practices+a+kind+of+gonzo+filmmaking%2C+and+his+violent+vision+isn%27t+a+particularly+popular+one+in+Hollywood&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was raised [[Catholicism|Catholic]], which subsequently influenced much of his work.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/movies/12lim.html | work=The New York Times | title=Struggling With Faith and Gentrification | first=Dennis | last=Lim | date=2008-10-12 | access-date=2010-04-23}}</ref> At 8 years old, he moved to [[Peekskill]] in [[Westchester County, New York]] and he started making movies at [[Rockland Community College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/2019/05/20/director-abel-ferrara-unrated-moma/3677852002/|title='Bad Lieutenant' filmmaker Abel Ferrara got his start at Rockland Community College|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref> Later, he attended the film conservatory at [[SUNY Purchase]], where he directed several [[short film]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/1338-abel-ferrara-mary/|title=Abel Ferrara, Mary|last=Dawson|first=Nick|website=Filmmaker Magazine|date=October 18, 2008|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
Ferrara was born in [[the Bronx]] of [[Italians|Italian]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Patrick|title=MOVIES The Prince of Darkness Director Abel Ferrara practices a kind of gonzo filmmaking, and his violent vision isn't a particularly popular one in Hollywood|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1990-10-28|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59945608.html?dids=59945608%3A59945608&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct+28%2C+1990&author=PATRICK+GOLDSTEIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=MOVIES+The+Prince+of+Darkness+Director+Abel+Ferrara+practices+a+kind+of+gonzo+filmmaking%2C+and+his+violent+vision+isn%27t+a+particularly+popular+one+in+Hollywood&pqatl=google|access-date=2009-11-21|archive-date=July 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724221509/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59945608.html?dids=59945608%3A59945608&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct+28%2C+1990&author=PATRICK+GOLDSTEIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=MOVIES+The+Prince+of+Darkness+Director+Abel+Ferrara+practices+a+kind+of+gonzo+filmmaking%2C+and+his+violent+vision+isn%27t+a+particularly+popular+one+in+Hollywood&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was raised [[Catholicism|Catholic]], which subsequently influenced much of his work.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/movies/12lim.html |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Struggling With Faith and Gentrification |first=Dennis |last=Lim |date=2008-10-12 |access-date=2010-04-23}}</ref> At 8 years old, he moved to [[Peekskill]] in [[Westchester County, New York]] and he started making movies at [[Rockland Community College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/2019/05/20/director-abel-ferrara-unrated-moma/3677852002/|title='Bad Lieutenant' filmmaker Abel Ferrara got his start at Rockland Community College|website=lohud.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref> Later, he attended the film conservatory at [[SUNY Purchase]], where he directed several [[short film]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/1338-abel-ferrara-mary/|title=Abel Ferrara, Mary|last=Dawson|first=Nick|website=Filmmaker Magazine|date=October 18, 2008|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
===Early work 1971-1981===
===Early work 1971-1981===
[[File:The Driller Killer.jpg|thumb|Ferrara (far right) in The Driller Killer]]
[[File:The Driller Killer.jpg|thumb|210px|Ferrara (far right) in The Driller Killer]]
Ferrara studied at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]]; one of his teachers and influences there was the famous [[avant-garde]] director [[Rosa von Praunheim]].<ref name="Abel Ferrara">{{cite web|title=Seven nights with Abel Ferrara|url= https://www.americancinematheque.com/series/seven-nights-with-abel-ferrara-a-17-film-retrospective-with-live-scores/ |work=American Cinematheque|access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> In the early 1970s, while still in art school, Ferrara directed a number of independently produced short films which included ''The Hold Up'' and ''Could This Be Love''. Finding himself out of work after leaving film school in 1976, Ferrara directed his first feature film which was a [[pornographic film]] titled, ''[[9 Lives of a Wet Pussy]]'', using a pseudonym.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey|last1=Paszylk|first1=Bartlomiej|publisher= McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3695-8|page=153|chapter=''The Driller Killer''|date=9 March 2009}}</ref> Starring with his then-girlfriend, he recalled having to step in front of the camera for one scene to perform in a hardcore sex scene: "It's bad enough paying a guy $200 to fuck your girlfriend, then he can't get it up."<ref>{{cite interview| url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/05/abel-ferrara-interview| title= Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins' |date= 5 August 2010| work= The Guardian| access-date= 15 April 2012}}</ref>
Ferrara studied at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]]; one of his teachers and influences there was the famous [[avant-garde]] director [[Rosa von Praunheim]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven nights with Abel Ferrara |url=https://www.americancinematheque.com/series/seven-nights-with-abel-ferrara-a-17-film-retrospective-with-live-scores/ |work=American Cinematheque |access-date=17 May 2023}}</ref> In the early 1970s, while still in art school, Ferrara directed a number of independently produced short films which included ''The Hold Up'' and ''Could This Be Love''. Finding himself out of work after leaving film school in 1976, Ferrara directed his first feature film which was a [[pornographic film]] titled, ''[[9 Lives of a Wet Pussy]]'', using a pseudonym.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey|last1=Paszylk|first1=Bartlomiej|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3695-8|page=153|chapter=''The Driller Killer''|date=9 March 2009}}</ref> Starring with his then-girlfriend, he recalled having to step in front of the camera for one scene to perform in a hardcore sex scene: "It's bad enough paying a guy $200 to fuck your girlfriend, then he can't get it up."<ref name=Guardian>{{cite interview |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/05/abel-ferrara-interview |title=Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins' |date=5 August 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |interviewer=Andrew Purcell |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


Ferrara first drew a [[cult following]] with his second feature film, an [[exploitation film|exploitation]] movie titled ''[[The Driller Killer]]'' (1979), an urban [[slasher film]] about an artist (played by the director himself) who goes on a killing spree with a [[power drill]]. In the United Kingdom, the movie made it on a list of [[Video nasty|"video nasties"]] created by moral crusaders that led to prosecutions under the [[Obscene Publications Act 1959]] and to the passing of [[Video Recordings Act 1984|new legislation]] which forced all video releases to appear before the [[British Board of Film Classification]] for rating.<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://bbfc.co.uk/education-resources/education-news/video-nasties|title=Video Nasties |publisher= British Board of Film Classification|website= bbfc.co.uk|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>
Ferrara first drew a [[cult following]] with his second feature film, an [[exploitation film|exploitation]] movie titled ''[[The Driller Killer]]'' (1979), an urban [[slasher film]] about an artist (played by the director himself) who goes on a killing spree with a [[power drill]]. In the United Kingdom, the movie made it on a list of [[Video nasty|"video nasties"]] created by moral crusaders that led to prosecutions under the [[Obscene Publications Act 1959]] and to the passing of [[Video Recordings Act 1984|new legislation]] which forced all video releases to appear before the [[British Board of Film Classification]] for rating.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://bbfc.co.uk/education-resources/education-news/video-nasties|title=Video Nasties |publisher=British Board of Film Classification|website=bbfc.co.uk|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>


The director's next feature was ''[[Ms .45]]'' (1981), a "[[Rape and revenge film|rape revenge"]] movie about a mute garment worker turned murderer ([[Zoe Lund|Zoë Tamerlis]]). Reviewers called it "a provocative, disreputable movie, well worth seeing."<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.timeout.com/london/film/ms-45|title=Ms .45 (2015), directed by Abel Ferrara {{!}} Film review|date=2015-08-22|website= timeout.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822095955/http://www.timeout.com/london/film/ms-45|access-date=2019-09-09|archive-date=2015-08-22}}</ref>
The director's next feature was ''[[Ms .45]]'' (1981), a "[[Rape and revenge film|rape revenge"]] movie about a mute garment worker turned murderer ([[Zoe Lund|Zoë Tamerlis]]). Reviewers called it "a provocative, disreputable movie, well worth seeing".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/ms-45|title=Ms .45 (2015), directed by Abel Ferrara {{!}} Film review|date=2015-08-22|website=timeout.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822095955/http://www.timeout.com/london/film/ms-45|access-date=2019-09-09|archive-date=2015-08-22}}</ref>


===Rise to international fame 1984-1998===
===Rise to international fame 1984-1998===
In 1984, Ferrara was hired to direct ''[[Fear City]]'', starring [[Melanie Griffith]], [[Billy Dee Williams]], [[Rae Dawn Chong]] and [[María Conchita Alonso]]. When a "[[kung fu]] slasher" stalks and murders young women who work in a seedy [[Times Square]] [[strip club]], a disgraced boxer portrayed by [[Tom Berenger]] uses his fighting skills to defeat the killer.<ref>{{Citation|title=Fear City (1984)| work= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_city|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>
In 1984, Ferrara was hired to direct ''[[Fear City]]'', starring [[Melanie Griffith]], [[Billy Dee Williams]], [[Rae Dawn Chong]] and [[María Conchita Alonso]]. When a "[[kung fu]] slasher" stalks and murders young women who work in a seedy [[Times Square]] [[strip club]], a disgraced boxer portrayed by [[Tom Berenger]] uses his fighting skills to defeat the killer.<ref>{{Citation|title=Fear City (1984) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fear_city|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>


Ferrara worked on two [[Michael Mann (director)|Michael Mann]]-produced television series, directing the two-hour pilot for ''[[Crime Story (U.S. TV series)|Crime Story]]'' (aired September 18, 1986), starring [[Dennis Farina]],<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/5490|title=Crime Story. 1986. Directed by Abel Ferrara|website= [[MOMA]].org|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> and two episodes of the series ''[[Miami Vice]]''.<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.artinterviews.com/abelFerrara.html|title=Abel Ferrara Interview|website= artinterviews.com|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>
Ferrara worked on two [[Michael Mann (director)|Michael Mann]]-produced television series, directing the two-hour pilot for ''[[Crime Story (U.S. TV series)|Crime Story]]'' (aired September 18, 1986), starring [[Dennis Farina]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/5490|title=Crime Story. 1986. Directed by Abel Ferrara|website=[[MOMA]].org|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> and two episodes of the series ''[[Miami Vice]]''.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.artinterviews.com/abelFerrara.html|title=Abel Ferrara Interview|website=artinterviews.com|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>


''[[King of New York]]'' (1990) stars [[Christopher Walken]] as gangster Frank White, [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Wesley Snipes]], [[David Caruso]] and [[Giancarlo Esposito]]. The movie received overall mixed reviews, but Ferrara was praised for his strong command of mood and style. Critic [[Roger Ebert]] wrote, "What Ferrara needs for his next film is a sound screenplay."<ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/king-of-new-york-1990|title=King Of New York Movie Review (1990) | publisher= Roger Ebert|last=Ebert|first= Roger|website= rogerebert.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>
''[[King of New York]]'' (1990) stars [[Christopher Walken]] as gangster Frank White, [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Wesley Snipes]], [[David Caruso]] and [[Giancarlo Esposito]]. The movie received overall mixed reviews, but Ferrara was praised for his strong command of mood and style. Critic [[Roger Ebert]] wrote, "What Ferrara needs for his next film is a sound screenplay."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/king-of-new-york-1990 |title=King Of New York Movie Review (1990) |last=Ebert |first=Roger |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en |access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>


''[[Bad Lieutenant]]'' (1992) credits Ferrara and actress [[Zoë Tamerlis]], who plays the woman who helps the Lieutenant [[Freebasing|freebase]] [[heroin]] in the movie, as co-writers of the script, but Tamerlis claimed that she wrote it alone.<ref>{{Citation|title=Zoe Tamerlis on the script of "Bad Lieutenant"| via= YouTube |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g68u0cARNjk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/g68u0cARNjk| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-09-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= http://mentalfloss.com/article/81012/13-great-facts-about-bad-lieutenant |title=13 Great Facts About Bad Lieutenant|date=2017-11-20|website= mentalfloss.com|language=en|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> ''Bad Lieutenant'' received [[Spirit Awards]] nominations for Best Director and Best Actor, and despite its controversial content, the movie was lauded by critics. Director [[Martin Scorsese]] named it one of his top 10 films of the 1990s.<ref>[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000226/COMMENTARY/41219001/1023 Roger Ebert & The Movies (show #1426), 26 February 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414001924/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000226/COMMENTARY/41219001/1023 |date=April 14, 2010 }}. Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-15.</ref>
''[[Bad Lieutenant]]'' (1992) credits Ferrara and actress [[Zoë Tamerlis]], who plays the woman who helps the Lieutenant [[Freebasing|freebase]] [[heroin]] in the movie, as co-writers of the script, but Tamerlis claimed that she wrote it alone.<ref>{{Citation |title=Zoe Tamerlis on the script of "Bad Lieutenant" |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g68u0cARNjk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/g68u0cARNjk |archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live |language=en |access-date=2019-09-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/81012/13-great-facts-about-bad-lieutenant |title=13 Great Facts About Bad Lieutenant |date=2017-11-20 |website=mentalfloss.com |language=en |access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> ''Bad Lieutenant'' received [[Spirit Awards]] nominations for Best Director and Best Actor, and despite its controversial content, the movie was lauded by critics. Director [[Martin Scorsese]] named it one of his top 10 films of the 1990s.<ref>[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000226/COMMENTARY/41219001/1023 Roger Ebert & The Movies (show #1426), 26 February 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414001924/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000226/COMMENTARY/41219001/1023 |date=April 14, 2010 }}. Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-15.</ref>


In 1993, Ferrara was hired for two Hollywood studio movies: another remake of ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'', titled ''[[Body Snatchers (1993 film)|Body Snatchers]]'' (1993), for [[Warner Bros.]]; and ''[[Dangerous Game (1993 film)|Dangerous Game]]'' (1993), starring [[Harvey Keitel|Keitel]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], for [[MGM]].
In 1993, Ferrara was hired for two Hollywood studio movies: another remake of ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'', titled ''[[Body Snatchers (1993 film)|Body Snatchers]]'' (1993), for [[Warner Bros.]]; and ''[[Dangerous Game (1993 film)|Dangerous Game]]'' (1993), starring [[Harvey Keitel|Keitel]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], for [[MGM]].


In the mid-1990s Ferrara directed two well-received independent movies:
In the mid-1990s Ferrara directed two well-received independent movies:
''[[The Addiction]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-addiction-v133607/awards|title=The Addiction (1995): Awards|website=Allmovie.com |access-date=Feb 9, 2014}}</ref> photographed in black-and-white, stars [[Lili Taylor]] as a philosophy student who succumbs to a [[vampire]] as she studies the problem of evil and philosophical [[pedagogy]], represented by the most violent events of the 20th century. The movie also features [[Christopher Walken]], [[Annabella Sciorra]], [[Edie Falco]], [[Kathryn Erbe]] and [[Michael Imperioli]]. It was co-produced by [[Russell Simmons]].
''[[The Addiction]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-addiction-v133607/awards|title=The Addiction (1995): Awards|website=Allmovie.com |access-date=Feb 9, 2014}}</ref> photographed in black-and-white, stars [[Lili Taylor]] as a philosophy student who succumbs to a [[vampire]] as she studies the problem of evil and philosophical [[pedagogy]], represented by the most violent events of the 20th century. The movie also features [[Christopher Walken]], [[Annabella Sciorra]], [[Edie Falco]], [[Kathryn Erbe]] and [[Michael Imperioli]]. It was co-produced by [[Russell Simmons]].


''[[The Funeral (1996 film)|The Funeral]]'' (1996),<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-funeral-v136162/awards|title=The Funeral (1996)|website=Allmovie.com |access-date=Feb 9, 2014}}</ref> starring Walken, Sciorra, [[Chris Penn]], [[Isabella Rossellini]], [[Benicio del Toro]], [[Vincent Gallo]] and [[Gretchen Mol]], was nominated for five [[12th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]] including [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Director|Best Director]].
''[[The Funeral (1996 film)|The Funeral]]'' (1996),<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-funeral-v136162/awards|title=The Funeral (1996)|website=Allmovie.com |access-date=Feb 9, 2014}}</ref> starring Walken, Sciorra, [[Chris Penn]], [[Isabella Rossellini]], [[Benicio del Toro]], [[Vincent Gallo]] and [[Gretchen Mol]], was nominated for five [[12th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]] including [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Director|Best Director]].


Following the success of ''[[The Funeral (1996 film)|The Funeral]]'', Ferrara had an infamous interview with [[Conan O'Brien]] on October 23, 1996. Ferrara was believed to be intoxicated and struggled through the interview, often slurring and covering his face as well as waving around a cigarette. O'Brien would later state that Ferrara was his "worst guest ever".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/conan-obrien-abel-ferrara-worst-interview-guest-1202024783/|title=Conan O'Brien Names Director Abel Ferrara His Worst Guest in 25 Years — Here's Why|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> Eventually, O'Brien revealed to Ferrara's frequent collaborator [[Willem Dafoe]] that Ferrara "ran away" and that the segment producer had to "run down the street" to catch him and bring him back to the set. Dafoe said to O'Brien, "You did your best...and so did he!"
Following the success of ''[[The Funeral (1996 film)|The Funeral]]'', Ferrara had an infamous interview with [[Conan O'Brien]] on October 23, 1996. Ferrara was believed to be intoxicated and struggled through the interview, often slurring and covering his face as well as waving around a cigarette. O'Brien would later state that Ferrara was his "worst guest ever".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/12/conan-obrien-abel-ferrara-worst-interview-guest-1202024783/|title=Conan O'Brien Names Director Abel Ferrara His Worst Guest in 25 Years — Here's Why|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> Eventually, O'Brien revealed to Ferrara's frequent collaborator [[Willem Dafoe]] that Ferrara "ran away" and that the segment producer had to "run down the street" to catch him and bring him back to the set. Dafoe said to O'Brien, "You did your best … and so did he!"


After making ''[[The Blackout (1997 film)|The Blackout]]'' (1997) with [[Matthew Modine]] and [[Dennis Hopper]], he contributed to the [[Anthology|omnibus]] television movie ''Subway Stories''. Ferrara then made ''[[New Rose Hotel (film)|New Rose Hotel]]'' (1998), which reunited him with Christopher Walken.
After making ''[[The Blackout (1997 film)|The Blackout]]'' (1997) with [[Matthew Modine]] and [[Dennis Hopper]], he contributed to the [[Anthology|omnibus]] television movie ''Subway Stories''. Ferrara then made ''[[New Rose Hotel (film)|New Rose Hotel]]'' (1998), which reunited him with Christopher Walken.
[[File:Abel Ferrara.jpg|thumb|Ferrara in 2008.]]
[[File:Abel Ferrara.jpg|thumb|210px|Ferrara in 2008]]


===Move to Europe 2001 - present===
===Move to Europe 2001 – present===
Ferrara returned three years later with ''[['R Xmas]]'' (2001), which starred [[Drea de Matteo]] and [[Ice-T]]. He recorded commentaries for ''Driller Killer''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/nov/30/the-driller-killer-humanist-abel-ferrara-moral-choices |title=The Driller Killer and the humanist behind the blood and sickening crunch |last=Righelato |first=Rowan |date=30 November 2016 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> and ''King of New York''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/sep/19/dvdreviews.thriller |title=DVD review: King of New York SE |last=Mackie |first=Rob |date=18 September 2008 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> and made ''[[Mary (2005 film)|Mary]]'' (2005), a religious-themed multi-plot movie starring [[Juliette Binoche]], [[Matthew Modine]], [[Forest Whitaker]], [[Heather Graham (actress)|Heather Graham]], [[Marion Cotillard]], and [[Stefania Rocca]]. ''Mary'' premiered at the [[Venice Film Festival]] in 2005. It swept the awards ceremony, garnering the Grand Jury Prize, SIGNIS Award and two others. It was shown at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 TIFF Archives (10 posts)| website= bombippy.com |url= http://www.bombippy.com/archives/movies/2005_tiff/|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref>
Ferrara returned three years later with ''[['R Xmas]]'' (2001), which starred [[Drea de Matteo]] and [[Ice-T]]. He recorded commentaries for ''Driller Killer''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/nov/30/the-driller-killer-humanist-abel-ferrara-moral-choices |title=The Driller Killer and the humanist behind the blood and sickening crunch |last=Righelato |first=Rowan |date=30 November 2016 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> and ''King of New York''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/sep/19/dvdreviews.thriller |title=DVD review: King of New York SE |last=Mackie |first=Rob |date=18 September 2008 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> and made ''[[Mary (2005 film)|Mary]]'' (2005), a religious-themed multi-plot movie starring [[Juliette Binoche]], [[Matthew Modine]], [[Forest Whitaker]], [[Heather Graham (actress)|Heather Graham]], [[Marion Cotillard]], and [[Stefania Rocca]]. ''Mary'' premiered at the [[Venice Film Festival]] in 2005. It swept the awards ceremony, garnering the Grand Jury Prize, SIGNIS Award and two others. It was shown at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 TIFF Archives (10 posts)| website=bombippy.com |url=http://www.bombippy.com/archives/movies/2005_tiff/|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref>


In 2007, Ferrara directed ''[[Go Go Tales]]'' a comedy with Modine, [[Bob Hoskins]] and [[Willem Dafoe]] that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival but was not shown in the United States until a special screening at the [[Anthology Film Archives]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/movies/07gogo.html|title='Go Go Tales' With Willem Dafoe - Review|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|date=2011-01-06|work= The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-04|language=en-US|issn= 0362-4331}}</ref>
In 2007, Ferrara directed ''[[Go Go Tales]]'' a comedy with Modine, [[Bob Hoskins]] and [[Willem Dafoe]] that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival but was not shown in the United States until a special screening at the [[Anthology Film Archives]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/movies/07gogo.html|title='Go Go Tales' With Willem Dafoe − Review|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|date=2011-01-06|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


In 2009, ''Jekyll and Hyde'' was set to star Forest Whitaker and [[50 Cent]]. After disagreements with Warner Bros., the movie was shelved in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/05/abel-ferrara-interview |title= Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins'|last= Ferrara| interviewer= Andrew Purcell|first= Abel|date=2010-08-05|work=The Guardian|access-date= 2019-12-04|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
In 2009, ''Jekyll and Hyde'' was set to star Forest Whitaker and [[50 Cent]]. After disagreements with Warner Bros., the movie was shelved in 2010.<ref name=Guardian/>


In 2009, ''[[Napoli Napoli Napoli|Napoli, Napoli, Napoli]]'' premiered out of competition at the [[66th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/30/venice-film-festival-ferrara-herzog|title=Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant joins Venice film festival contenders|date=2009-07-30|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date= 2019-12-04}}</ref> The docudrama received little attention and poor reviews but [[Werner Herzog]]'s reboot ''[[Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans]]'' was selected for competition at the prestigious festival. Asked about the Herzog film, Ferrara was quoted widely saying "I wish these people die in hell".<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/30/venice-film-festival-ferrara-herzog|title=Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant joins Venice film festival contenders|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=2009-07-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-04|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
In 2009, ''[[Napoli Napoli Napoli|Napoli, Napoli, Napoli]]'' premiered out of competition at the [[66th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/30/venice-film-festival-ferrara-herzog|title=Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant joins Venice film festival contenders|date=2009-07-30|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref> The docudrama received little attention and poor reviews but [[Werner Herzog]]'s reboot ''[[Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans]]'' was selected for competition at the prestigious festival. Asked about the Herzog film, Ferrara was quoted widely saying "I wish these people die in hell".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/30/venice-film-festival-ferrara-herzog|title=Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant joins Venice film festival contenders|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=2009-07-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-04|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


In September 2011, ''[[4:44 Last Day on Earth]]'', starring [[Willem Dafoe]] and Shanyn Leigh, premiered at the main competition of the [[68th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref name="Venice">{{cite web |url= http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/lineup/off-sel/venezia68/ |title= Venezia 68: International competition of feature films |access-date= 2011-08-28 |work=Venice |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110927003322/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/lineup/off-sel/venezia68/ |archive-date=2011-09-27 }}</ref>
In September 2011, ''[[4:44 Last Day on Earth]]'', starring [[Willem Dafoe]] and Shanyn Leigh, premiered at the main competition of the [[68th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/lineup/off-sel/venezia68/ |title=Venezia 68: International competition of feature films |access-date=2011-08-28 |work=Venice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927003322/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/lineup/off-sel/venezia68/ |archive-date=2011-09-27}}</ref>


Ferrara's ''[[Welcome to New York (2014 film)|Welcome to New York]]'', a fictionalized version of the [[New York v. Strauss-Kahn|Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case]] starring [[Gérard Depardieu]] and [[Jacqueline Bisset]], was released on [[video on demand]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/cannes-film-festival-strauss-kahn-film-under-fire/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|title=Cannes Film Festival: Strauss-Kahn Film Under Fire|access-date=June 15, 2014|newspaper= The New York Times|date=May 18, 2014|first=Rachel|last= Donadio}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Child|first=Ben|title=Gerard Depardieu to star in film inspired by Dominique Strauss-Kahn |url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/feb/06/gerard-depardieu-dominique-strauss-kahn|access-date=April 17, 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 6, 2012|location=London}}</ref> Ferrara's ''[[Pasolini (film)|Pasolini]]'' (2014) about the titular [[Pier Paolo Pasolini|Italian director]] stars [[Willem Dafoe]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-abel-ferrara-mysterious-1975-691898|title=Director Abel Ferrara on Mysterious 1975 Death of Pier Paolo Pasolini: 'I Know Who Killed Him'|access-date=June 15, 2014|newspaper= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 28, 2014}}</ref>
Ferrara's ''[[Welcome to New York (2014 film)|Welcome to New York]]'', a fictionalized version of the [[New York v. Strauss-Kahn|Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case]] starring [[Gérard Depardieu]] and [[Jacqueline Bisset]], was released on [[video on demand]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/cannes-film-festival-strauss-kahn-film-under-fire/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0|title=Cannes Film Festival: Strauss-Kahn Film Under Fire|access-date=June 15, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 18, 2014|first=Rachel|last=Donadio}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Child|first=Ben|title=Gerard Depardieu to star in film inspired by Dominique Strauss-Kahn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/feb/06/gerard-depardieu-dominique-strauss-kahn|access-date=April 17, 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 6, 2012|location=London}}</ref> Ferrara's ''[[Pasolini (film)|Pasolini]]'' (2014) about the titular [[Pier Paolo Pasolini|Italian director]] stars [[Willem Dafoe]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-abel-ferrara-mysterious-1975-691898|title=Director Abel Ferrara on Mysterious 1975 Death of Pier Paolo Pasolini: 'I Know Who Killed Him'|access-date=June 15, 2014|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 28, 2014}}</ref>


After a 4-year long hiatus, Ferrara came back in 2019 with [[Tommaso (2019 film)|''Tommaso'']], a new feature starring Dafoe and set in Rome. The film had its world premiere at the [[72nd Cannes Film Festival]] on 20 May 2019. It was released in the United States by [[Kino Lorber]].
After a 4-year long hiatus, Ferrara came back in 2019 with [[Tommaso (2019 film)|''Tommaso'']], a new feature starring Dafoe and set in Rome. The film had its world premiere at the [[72nd Cannes Film Festival]] on 20 May 2019. It was released in the United States by [[Kino Lorber]].


The following year, with ''[[Siberia (2020 film)|Siberia]]'' (2020), Ferrara and Dafoe collaborated for the sixth time. Inspired by [[Carl Jung]]'s ''[[The Red Book (Jung)|The Red Book]]'', the script was written by Ferrara and [[Chris Zois]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr.|title=He's Back! Abel Ferrara To Launch Willem Dafoe-Starrer 'Siberia' On Croisette|date=14 May 2015|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]| url= https://deadline.com/2015/05/abel-ferrara-willem-dafoe-siberia-cannes-1201426703/|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rife|first= Katie|title=Get Involved, Internet: Help Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe make a movie about dreams|date=14 May 2015|website=[[The A.V. Club]]| url= https://www.avclub.com/article/get-involved-internet-help-abel-ferrara-and-willem-219468|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref> The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the [[70th Berlin International Film Festival]], on 24 February 2020. It was released in the United States by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] in 2021. Shortly after Ferrara directed the documentary ''[[Sportin' Life (2020 film)|Sportin' Life]],'' about the beginning of [[quarantine]] measures in [[Europe]] a few days after the [[Berlinale]] premiere of ''[[Siberia (2020 film)|Siberia]]'', during the start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Encinias |first=Joshua |date=2020-06-04 |title=Abel Ferrara on Filmmaking in Quarantine and the Spiritual Quest of Tommaso |url=https://thefilmstage.com/abel-ferrara-on-filmmaking-in-quarantine-and-the-spiritual-quest-of-tommaso/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> The documentary had its world premiere at the [[77th Venice International Film Festival|77th Venice Film Festival]] on 4 September 2020.
The following year, with ''[[Siberia (2020 film)|Siberia]]'' (2020), Ferrara and Dafoe collaborated for the sixth time. Inspired by [[Carl Jung]]'s ''[[The Red Book (Jung)|The Red Book]]'', the script was written by Ferrara and [[Chris Zois]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr.|title=He's Back! Abel Ferrara To Launch Willem Dafoe-Starrer 'Siberia' On Croisette|date=14 May 2015|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]| url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/abel-ferrara-willem-dafoe-siberia-cannes-1201426703/|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rife |first=Katie |title=Get Involved, Internet: Help Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe make a movie about dreams |date=14 May 2015 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/get-involved-internet-help-abel-ferrara-and-willem-219468 |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref> The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the [[70th Berlin International Film Festival]], on 24 February 2020. It was released in the United States by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] in 2021. Shortly after Ferrara directed the documentary ''[[Sportin' Life (2020 film)|Sportin' Life]]'', about the beginning of [[quarantine]] measures in [[Europe]] a few days after the [[Berlinale]] premiere of ''[[Siberia (2020 film)|Siberia]]'', during the start of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Encinias |first=Joshua |date=2020-06-04 |title=Abel Ferrara on Filmmaking in Quarantine and the Spiritual Quest of Tommaso |url=https://thefilmstage.com/abel-ferrara-on-filmmaking-in-quarantine-and-the-spiritual-quest-of-tommaso/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |language=en-US}}</ref> The documentary had its world premiere at the [[77th Venice International Film Festival|77th Venice Film Festival]] on 4 September 2020.


Since 2020 he has interpreted [[Gabriele Tinti (poet)|Gabriele Tinti]]'s poetry giving voice to the masterpieces in the [[Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica]], [[Pinacoteca di Brera]], [[Museo Nazionale di San Marco]], [[Ca' d'Oro]], [[Musée Jacquemart-André]] and [[Museo Nazionale Romano]]<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://purple.fr/diary/abel-ferrara-reads-gabriele-tintis-poems-at-the-pinacoteca-di-brera-milan/| title= Abel Ferrara reads Gabriele Tinti's poems at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan | date=2021-02-11 | access-date=2023-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.raicultura.it/letteratura/articoli/2021/03/Abel-Ferrara-legge-Bleedings-di-Gabriele-Tinti-ffc15582-fe2f-421b-bd6a-9c97ef9b2218.html| title= Abel Ferrara reads Gabriele Tinti's poems | access-date=2023-09-07}}</ref>
Since 2020 he has interpreted [[Gabriele Tinti (poet)|Gabriele Tinti]]'s poetry giving voice to the masterpieces in the [[Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica]], [[Pinacoteca di Brera]], [[Museo Nazionale di San Marco]], [[Ca' d'Oro]], [[Musée Jacquemart-André]] and [[Museo Nazionale Romano]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://purple.fr/diary/abel-ferrara-reads-gabriele-tintis-poems-at-the-pinacoteca-di-brera-milan/| title=Abel Ferrara reads Gabriele Tinti's poems at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan |date=2021-02-11 |access-date=2023-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.raicultura.it/letteratura/articoli/2021/03/Abel-Ferrara-legge-Bleedings-di-Gabriele-Tinti-ffc15582-fe2f-421b-bd6a-9c97ef9b2218.html |title=Abel Ferrara reads Gabriele Tinti's poems |access-date=2023-09-07}}</ref>


In August 2021, ''[[Zeros and Ones]]'', starring [[Ethan Hawke]], had its world premiere at the main competition of the [[74th Locarno Film Festival]], during the festival Ferrara won the [[Best Direction Award (Locarno International Film Festival)|Best Direction Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kiang |first=Jessica |date=2021-08-14 |title=Golden Leopard Winner 'Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash' Heads Impressive Slate Of Locarno Awards |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/locarno-film-festival-awards-2021-1235041709/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The film was released in limited theaters and on demand by [[Lionsgate]] on November 19, 2021.
In August 2021, ''[[Zeros and Ones]]'', starring [[Ethan Hawke]], had its world premiere at the main competition of the [[74th Locarno Film Festival]], during the festival Ferrara won the [[Best Direction Award (Locarno International Film Festival)|Best Direction Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kiang |first=Jessica |date=2021-08-14 |title=Golden Leopard Winner 'Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash' Heads Impressive Slate Of Locarno Awards |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/locarno-film-festival-awards-2021-1235041709/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The film was released in limited theaters and on demand by [[Lionsgate]] on November 19, 2021.
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Ferrara is married to Cristina Chiriac and they have a daughter, Anna.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/abel-ferraras-tommaso-projectionist-land-at-kino-lorber-1272010|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|title=Abel Ferrara's 'Tommaso,' 'The Projectionist' Land at Kino Lorber (Exclusive)|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=January 21, 2020|access-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shoard|first=Catherine|title=Abel Ferrera turns to Kickstarter: 'I'm gonna hurt people with this film'|date=18 May 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/18/abel-ferrera-kickstarter-cannes-siberia|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> He was previously married to Nancy Ferrara.<ref>{{cite web|last=Maslin|first=Janet|title=Review/Film; A Movie Within a Movie, With a Demure Madonna|date=19 November 1993|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE5DF103AF93AA25752C1A965958260?|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> Ferrara has two adopted children: Endira and Lucy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abel Ferrara Biography (1952?-)|work=Film Reference|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/90/Abel-Ferrara.html|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hoban|first=Phoebe|title=Raising Cain|date=1 February 1993|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RBgAAAAAMBAJ&q=endira+ferrara&pg=PA40|access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> He was also in a romantic relationship with actress Shanyn Leigh.<ref>{{cite web|last=Macnab|first=Geoffrey|title=Willem Dafoe: 'I have a charmed life'|date=3 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/willem-dafoe-i-have-a-charmed-life-7466484.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305171219/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/willem-dafoe-i-have-a-charmed-life-7466484.html |archive-date=2012-03-05 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hoberman|first=J.|title=Home for the End of Days|date=19 March 2012|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|url=https://nymag.com/movies/features/abel-ferrara-2012-3/|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref>
Ferrara is married to Cristina Chiriac and they have a daughter, Anna.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/abel-ferraras-tommaso-projectionist-land-at-kino-lorber-1272010|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|title=Abel Ferrara's 'Tommaso,' 'The Projectionist' Land at Kino Lorber (Exclusive)|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=January 21, 2020|access-date=February 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shoard|first=Catherine|title=Abel Ferrera turns to Kickstarter: 'I'm gonna hurt people with this film'|date=18 May 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/18/abel-ferrera-kickstarter-cannes-siberia|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> He was previously married to Nancy Ferrara.<ref>{{cite web|last=Maslin|first=Janet|title=Review/Film; A Movie Within a Movie, With a Demure Madonna|date=19 November 1993|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE5DF103AF93AA25752C1A965958260?|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> Ferrara has two adopted children: Endira and Lucy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abel Ferrara Biography (1952?-)|work=Film Reference|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/90/Abel-Ferrara.html|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hoban|first=Phoebe|title=Raising Cain|date=1 February 1993|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RBgAAAAAMBAJ&q=endira+ferrara&pg=PA40|access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> He was also in a romantic relationship with actress Shanyn Leigh.<ref>{{cite web|last=Macnab|first=Geoffrey|title=Willem Dafoe: 'I have a charmed life'|date=3 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/willem-dafoe-i-have-a-charmed-life-7466484.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305171219/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/willem-dafoe-i-have-a-charmed-life-7466484.html |archive-date=2012-03-05 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hoberman|first=J.|title=Home for the End of Days|date=19 March 2012|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|url=https://nymag.com/movies/features/abel-ferrara-2012-3/|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref>


Ferrara lives in Rome, Italy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Righelato|first=Rowan|title=Abel Ferrara: 'Pasolini's death is not some kind of fictional event'|date=11 September 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/11/abel-ferrara-pier-paolo-pasolini-death-interview|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> He moved there following the [[9/11 attacks]] because it was easier for him to find financing for his movies in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lim|first=Dennis|title=Struggling With Faith and Gentrification|date=10 October 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/movies/12lim.html|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref>
Ferrara lives in Rome, Italy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Righelato|first=Rowan|title=Abel Ferrara: 'Pasolini's death is not some kind of fictional event'|date=11 September 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/11/abel-ferrara-pier-paolo-pasolini-death-interview|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> He moved there following the [[9/11 attacks]] because it was easier for him to find financing for his movies in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lim|first=Dennis|title=Struggling With Faith and Gentrification|date=10 October 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/movies/12lim.html|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref>


Raised Catholic, Ferrara started describing himself as Buddhist in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shoard|first=Catherine|title=Abel Ferrara at Cannes: 'You gotta be careful what you say … but I'm not'|date=23 May 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/23/abel-ferrara-interview|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> When asked if he had converted, Ferrara responded,
Raised Catholic, Ferrara started describing himself as Buddhist in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shoard|first=Catherine|title=Abel Ferrara at Cannes: 'You gotta be careful what you say … but I'm not'|date=23 May 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/23/abel-ferrara-interview|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref> When asked if he had converted, Ferrara responded,
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{{cquote|It’s not a conversion, you’re not a card-carrying Catholic, you’re brought up Italian, so you’re brought up with those images. All the great art is financed by the Church so they have a monopoly on the paintings, and they’re powerful images, the whole nine yards of it. But Jesus was a living man, and so were Buddha and Muhammad. These three guys changed the fucking world, with their passion and love of other human beings. All these guys had was their word, and they came from fucking nowhere. I’m not saying Nazareth is nowhere – I’m sure Jesus came from a very cool neighbourhood. |author=Abel Ferrara<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Carmen |title=The spiritual side of Abel Ferrara |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22491/1/the-spiritual-side-of-abel-ferrara |website=Dazed |language=en |date=12 November 2014}}</ref>}}
{{cquote|It’s not a conversion, you’re not a card-carrying Catholic, you’re brought up Italian, so you’re brought up with those images. All the great art is financed by the Church so they have a monopoly on the paintings, and they’re powerful images, the whole nine yards of it. But Jesus was a living man, and so were Buddha and Muhammad. These three guys changed the fucking world, with their passion and love of other human beings. All these guys had was their word, and they came from fucking nowhere. I’m not saying Nazareth is nowhere – I’m sure Jesus came from a very cool neighbourhood. |author=Abel Ferrara<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Carmen |title=The spiritual side of Abel Ferrara |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22491/1/the-spiritual-side-of-abel-ferrara |website=Dazed |language=en |date=12 November 2014}}</ref>}}


Ferrara said in 2020 that Buddhism "is a practice for me, not a religion."<ref>{{cite web|last=Bukuras|first=Joe|title=From porn to 'Padre Pio': Meet the director who felt drawn to tell the saint's story|date=August 30, 2022|website=Catholic News Agency|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252162/padre-pio-movie-director-abel-ferrara-past-films-pornography|accessdate=September 23, 2022}}</ref> In 2022, he stated he considered [[Padre Pio]] his "spirituality model."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Elettra|last=Solero|title=Abel Ferrara: Padre Pio è il mio modello di spiritualità|language=it|magazine=Dipiù|date=November 18, 2022|number=46|pages=69–70}}</ref>
Ferrara said in 2020 that Buddhism "is a practice for me, not a religion".<ref>{{cite web|last=Bukuras|first=Joe|title=From porn to 'Padre Pio': Meet the director who felt drawn to tell the saint's story|date=August 30, 2022|website=Catholic News Agency|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252162/padre-pio-movie-director-abel-ferrara-past-films-pornography|accessdate=September 23, 2022}}</ref> In 2022, he stated he considered [[Padre Pio]] his "spirituality model".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Elettra|last=Solero|title=Abel Ferrara: Padre Pio è il mio modello di spiritualità|language=it|magazine=Dipiù|date=November 18, 2022|number=46|pages=69–70}}</ref>

Ferrara has said in 2024 that he embraces [[Artificial intelligence|AI]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Bergeson|first=Samantha|title=Abel Ferrara on Embracing AI: Why Assume It’s Going to ‘Destroy You’?|date=July 16, 2024|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/abel-ferrara-ai-wont-destroy-you-1235025963/|accessdate=August 29, 2024}}</ref>


==Influences==
==Influences==
Influences on Ferrara's work include "the [[The Rolling Stones|Stones]] and [[Bob Dylan|Dylan]]...[[Leonardo da Vinci|DaVinci]], [[Stanley Kubrick]], [[Woody Allen]] and all of the great New York film makers."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artinterviews.com/abelFerrara.html|title=Abel Ferrara Interview|website=www.artinterviews.com|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> He has also credited [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] and [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] as influences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CAe3KScvB4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/3CAe3KScvB4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Cryptekeeper 041 Abel Ferrara/4H44 dernier jour sur terre|last=cryptekeeper|date=3 December 2012|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-pursuit-of-freedom-abel-ferrara-discusses-welcome-to-new-york|title=The Pursuit of Freedom: Abel Ferrara Discusses "Welcome to New York"|last=Kasman|first=Daniel|date=7 June 2014|access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artinterviews.com/abelFerrara.html|title=Abel Ferrara Interview|last=Carli|first=Vittorio|access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>
Influences on Ferrara's work include "the [[The Rolling Stones|Stones]] and [[Bob Dylan|Dylan]] … [[Leonardo da Vinci|DaVinci]], [[Stanley Kubrick]], [[Woody Allen]] and all of the great New York film makers".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artinterviews.com/abelFerrara.html|title=Abel Ferrara Interview|website=www.artinterviews.com|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> He has also credited [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] and [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] as influences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CAe3KScvB4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/3CAe3KScvB4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Cryptekeeper 041 Abel Ferrara/4H44 dernier jour sur terre|last=cryptekeeper|date=3 December 2012|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-pursuit-of-freedom-abel-ferrara-discusses-welcome-to-new-york|title=The Pursuit of Freedom: Abel Ferrara Discusses "Welcome to New York"|last=Kasman|first=Daniel|date=7 June 2014|access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artinterviews.com/abelFerrara.html|title=Abel Ferrara Interview|last=Carli|first=Vittorio|access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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|<ref>{{cite web |last=Murthi |first=Vikram |date=19 December 2016 |title=Isabelle Huppert, Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe Star in Abel Ferrara's New Film 'Siberia' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/12/isabelle-huppert-nicolas-cage-and-willem-dafoe-abel-ferrara-siberia-1201760734/ |access-date=7 January 2017 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web |last=Bramesco |first=Charles |date=23 April 2019 |title=The Projectionist review – Abel Ferrara's wistful, indulgent ode to cinema |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/apr/28/the-projectionist-review-abel-ferrara-ode-to-cinema |access-date=9 November 2020 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=July 28, 2020 |title=Venice Film Festival 2020: Competition Light On Studios, Strong On Global Arthouse & Women Directors – Full List |url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/venice-film-festival-2020-lineup-full-list-1202996720/ |access-date=August 1, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
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==Recurring collaborators==
==Recurring collaborators==
Ferrara has recast many of the same actors in his movies, most notably [[Christopher Walken]], [[Harvey Keitel]] and [[Willem Dafoe]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruilova|first=Aïda|title=Abel Ferrara|work=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]|date=February 13, 2013|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/abel-ferrara#_}}</ref> Other actors he has recast include [[Annabella Sciorra]] and [[Matthew Modine]] as well as character actors such as [[Victor Argo]], [[Paul Calderón]] and [[Giancarlo Esposito]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dee|first=Jake|title=Dissecting Director Abel Ferrara!|date=7 January 2014|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/dissecting-director-abel-ferrara}}</ref> [[David Caruso]] is another one of Ferrara's frequent film collaborators.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indie Filmmaker Abel Ferrara Will Bring Short Eyes Back to Broadway|date=24 February 2010|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/147166/indie-filmmaker-abel-ferrara-will-bring-short-eyes-back-to-broadway/}}</ref> ''Ms .45'' (1981) star [[Zoë Tamerlis Lund|Zoë Lund]] collaborated with Ferrara again on ''Bad Lieutenant'' (1992), which she co-wrote.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vestby|first=Ethan|title=Abel Ferrara On Artistic Freedom, Collaboration, 'Ms. 45,' Pier Paolo Pasolini & More|date=9 December 2013|website=thefilmstage.com|url=http://thefilmstage.com/features/abel-ferrara-on-artistic-freedom-collaboration-ms-45-pier-paolo-pasolini-more/}}</ref> [[Gretchen Mol]] has worked with Ferrara twice.<ref>{{cite web| last=Hillis|first=Aaron|title=Gretchen Mol Indulges in "An American Affair"|date=26 February 2009|publisher=[[Ifc.com]]|url=http://www.ifc.com/fix/2009/02/gretchen-mol-indulges-in-an-am/2}}</ref> [[Forest Whitaker]] starred in Ferrara's movies ''Mary'' (2005) and ''Body Snatchers'' (1993).<ref>{{cite web|last=Nastasi|first=Alison|title=Abel Ferrara's 'Jekyll and Hyde' Coming Soon From Warner Bros.|date=19 November 2009|website=[[Moviefone]]|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2009/11/19/abel-ferraras-jekyll-and-hyde-coming-soon-from-warner-bros/|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210155608/http://news.moviefone.com/2009/11/19/abel-ferraras-jekyll-and-hyde-coming-soon-from-warner-bros/|archive-date=10 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Ferrara has recast many of the same actors in his movies, most notably [[Christopher Walken]], [[Harvey Keitel]] and [[Willem Dafoe]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ruilova|first=Aïda|title=Abel Ferrara|work=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]|date=February 13, 2013|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/abel-ferrara#_}}</ref> Other actors he has recast include [[Annabella Sciorra]] and [[Matthew Modine]] as well as character actors such as [[Victor Argo]], [[Paul Calderón]] and [[Giancarlo Esposito]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dee|first=Jake|title=Dissecting Director Abel Ferrara!|date=7 January 2014|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/dissecting-director-abel-ferrara}}</ref> [[David Caruso]] is another one of Ferrara's frequent film collaborators.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indie Filmmaker Abel Ferrara Will Bring Short Eyes Back to Broadway|date=24 February 2010|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/147166/indie-filmmaker-abel-ferrara-will-bring-short-eyes-back-to-broadway/}}</ref> ''Ms .45'' (1981) star [[Zoë Tamerlis Lund|Zoë Lund]] collaborated with Ferrara again on ''Bad Lieutenant'' (1992), which she co-wrote.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vestby|first=Ethan|title=Abel Ferrara On Artistic Freedom, Collaboration, 'Ms. 45,' Pier Paolo Pasolini & More|date=9 December 2013|website=thefilmstage.com|url=http://thefilmstage.com/features/abel-ferrara-on-artistic-freedom-collaboration-ms-45-pier-paolo-pasolini-more/}}</ref> [[Gretchen Mol]] has worked with Ferrara twice.<ref>{{cite web| last=Hillis|first=Aaron|title=Gretchen Mol Indulges in "An American Affair"|date=26 February 2009|publisher=[[Ifc.com]]|url=http://www.ifc.com/fix/2009/02/gretchen-mol-indulges-in-an-am/2}}</ref> [[Forest Whitaker]] starred in Ferrara's movies ''Mary'' (2005) and ''Body Snatchers'' (1993).<ref>{{cite web|last=Nastasi|first=Alison|title=Abel Ferrara's 'Jekyll and Hyde' Coming Soon From Warner Bros.|date=19 November 2009|website=[[Moviefone]]|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2009/11/19/abel-ferraras-jekyll-and-hyde-coming-soon-from-warner-bros/|access-date=6 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210155608/http://news.moviefone.com/2009/11/19/abel-ferraras-jekyll-and-hyde-coming-soon-from-warner-bros/|archive-date=10 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


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</div>Beginning with ''The Driller Killer'' in 1979 through ''The Projectionist'' in 2019, Ferrara most [[List of film director and cinematographer collaborations#F|frequently]] worked with [[Ken Kelsch]] as his cinematographer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/107567-filmmaking-is-like-combat-90-boredom-5-panic-and-5-terror-ken-kelsch-on-four-decades-as-a-cinematographer/|title="Filmmaking is Like Combat — 90% Boredom, 5% Panic and 5% Terror": Ken Kelsch on Four Decades as a Cinematographer|last=Louison|first=Evan|website=Filmmaker Magazine|date=May 22, 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
Beginning with ''The Driller Killer'' in 1979 through ''The Projectionist'' in 2019, Ferrara most [[List of film director and cinematographer collaborations#F|frequently]] worked with [[Ken Kelsch]] as his cinematographer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/107567-filmmaking-is-like-combat-90-boredom-5-panic-and-5-terror-ken-kelsch-on-four-decades-as-a-cinematographer/|title="Filmmaking is Like Combat — 90% Boredom, 5% Panic and 5% Terror": Ken Kelsch on Four Decades as a Cinematographer|last=Louison|first=Evan|website=Filmmaker Magazine|date=May 22, 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>


== Awards and nominations ==
== Awards and nominations ==
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|''[[Bad Lieutenant]]''
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|[[1993 Cannes Film Festival#In competition - Feature film|Palme d'Or]]
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|1998
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|''[[The Blackout (1997 film)|The Blackout]]''
|Worst Director - Yoga Awards
|Worst Director − Yoga Awards
|{{won}}
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catacric.org/todos-los-premios-yoga/1998-novena-edicion-2/|title=1998 (novena edición) : Los Catacric y los YoGa|language=EN|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref>
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* [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/05/abel-ferrara-interview Guardian interview, 5 August 2010]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100815071648/http://www.filmannex.com/posts/blog_show_post/film-annex-launches-nickys-film-sound-design-remix-contest/14203 Nicky's Film sound design and remix contest]
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Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1951-07-19) July 19, 1951 (age 73)
The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Other names
  • Jimmy Boy L
  • Jimmy Laine
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • producer
  • musician
  • songwriter
Years active1971–present
Spouses
Nancy Ferrara
​
​
(m. 1982, divorced)​
  • Cristina Chiriac
Children3

Abel Ferrara ([ferˈraːra]; born July 19, 1951)[1] is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and songwriter. 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.

Early life

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Ferrara was born in the Bronx of Italian and Irish descent.[2] He was raised Catholic, which subsequently influenced much of his work.[3] At 8 years old, he moved to Peekskill in Westchester County, New York and he started making movies at Rockland Community College.[4] Later, he attended the film conservatory at SUNY Purchase, where he directed several short films.[5]

Career

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Early work 1971-1981

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Ferrara (far right) in The Driller Killer

Ferrara studied at the San Francisco Art Institute; one of his teachers and influences there was the famous avant-garde director Rosa von Praunheim.[6] In the early 1970s, while still in art school, Ferrara directed a number of independently produced short films which included The Hold Up and Could This Be Love. Finding himself out of work after leaving film school in 1976, Ferrara directed his first feature film which was a pornographic film titled, 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy, using a pseudonym.[7] Starring with his then-girlfriend, he recalled having to step in front of the camera for one scene to perform in a hardcore sex scene: "It's bad enough paying a guy $200 to fuck your girlfriend, then he can't get it up."[8]

Ferrara first drew a cult following with his second feature film, an exploitation movie titled The Driller Killer (1979), an urban slasher film about an artist (played by the director himself) who goes on a killing spree with a power drill. In the United Kingdom, the movie made it on a list of "video nasties" created by moral crusaders that led to prosecutions under the Obscene Publications Act 1959 and to the passing of new legislation which forced all video releases to appear before the British Board of Film Classification for rating.[9]

The director's next feature was Ms .45 (1981), a "rape revenge" movie about a mute garment worker turned murderer (Zoë Tamerlis). Reviewers called it "a provocative, disreputable movie, well worth seeing".[10]

Rise to international fame 1984-1998

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In 1984, Ferrara was hired to direct Fear City, starring Melanie Griffith, Billy Dee Williams, Rae Dawn Chong and María Conchita Alonso. When a "kung fu slasher" stalks and murders young women who work in a seedy Times Square strip club, a disgraced boxer portrayed by Tom Berenger uses his fighting skills to defeat the killer.[11]

Ferrara worked on two Michael Mann-produced television series, directing the two-hour pilot for Crime Story (aired September 18, 1986), starring Dennis Farina,[12] and two episodes of the series Miami Vice.[13]

King of New York (1990) stars Christopher Walken as gangster Frank White, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, David Caruso and Giancarlo Esposito. The movie received overall mixed reviews, but Ferrara was praised for his strong command of mood and style. Critic Roger Ebert wrote, "What Ferrara needs for his next film is a sound screenplay."[14]

Bad Lieutenant (1992) credits Ferrara and actress Zoë Tamerlis, who plays the woman who helps the Lieutenant freebase heroin in the movie, as co-writers of the script, but Tamerlis claimed that she wrote it alone.[15][16] Bad Lieutenant received Spirit Awards nominations for Best Director and Best Actor, and despite its controversial content, the movie was lauded by critics. Director Martin Scorsese named it one of his top 10 films of the 1990s.[17]

In 1993, Ferrara was hired for two Hollywood studio movies: another remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, titled Body Snatchers (1993), for Warner Bros.; and Dangerous Game (1993), starring Keitel and Madonna, for MGM.

In the mid-1990s Ferrara directed two well-received independent movies: The Addiction (1995),[18] photographed in black-and-white, stars Lili Taylor as a philosophy student who succumbs to a vampire as she studies the problem of evil and philosophical pedagogy, represented by the most violent events of the 20th century. The movie also features Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco, Kathryn Erbe and Michael Imperioli. It was co-produced by Russell Simmons.

The Funeral (1996),[19] starring Walken, Sciorra, Chris Penn, Isabella Rossellini, Benicio del Toro, Vincent Gallo and Gretchen Mol, was nominated for five Independent Spirit Awards including Best Director.

Following the success of The Funeral, Ferrara had an infamous interview with Conan O'Brien on October 23, 1996. Ferrara was believed to be intoxicated and struggled through the interview, often slurring and covering his face as well as waving around a cigarette. O'Brien would later state that Ferrara was his "worst guest ever".[20] Eventually, O'Brien revealed to Ferrara's frequent collaborator Willem Dafoe that Ferrara "ran away" and that the segment producer had to "run down the street" to catch him and bring him back to the set. Dafoe said to O'Brien, "You did your best … and so did he!"

After making The Blackout (1997) with Matthew Modine and Dennis Hopper, he contributed to the omnibus television movie Subway Stories. Ferrara then made New Rose Hotel (1998), which reunited him with Christopher Walken.

Ferrara in 2008

Move to Europe 2001 – present

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Ferrara returned three years later with 'R Xmas (2001), which starred Drea de Matteo and Ice-T. He recorded commentaries for Driller Killer[21] and King of New York[22] and made Mary (2005), a religious-themed multi-plot movie starring Juliette Binoche, Matthew Modine, Forest Whitaker, Heather Graham, Marion Cotillard, and Stefania Rocca. Mary premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2005. It swept the awards ceremony, garnering the Grand Jury Prize, SIGNIS Award and two others. It was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival.[23]

In 2007, Ferrara directed Go Go Tales a comedy with Modine, Bob Hoskins and Willem Dafoe that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival but was not shown in the United States until a special screening at the Anthology Film Archives in 2011.[24]

In 2009, Jekyll and Hyde was set to star Forest Whitaker and 50 Cent. After disagreements with Warner Bros., the movie was shelved in 2010.[8]

In 2009, Napoli, Napoli, Napoli premiered out of competition at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.[25] The docudrama received little attention and poor reviews but Werner Herzog's reboot Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans was selected for competition at the prestigious festival. Asked about the Herzog film, Ferrara was quoted widely saying "I wish these people die in hell".[26]

In September 2011, 4:44 Last Day on Earth, starring Willem Dafoe and Shanyn Leigh, premiered at the main competition of the 68th Venice International Film Festival.[27]

Ferrara's Welcome to New York, a fictionalized version of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case starring Gérard Depardieu and Jacqueline Bisset, was released on video on demand in 2014.[28][29] Ferrara's Pasolini (2014) about the titular Italian director stars Willem Dafoe.[30]

After a 4-year long hiatus, Ferrara came back in 2019 with Tommaso, a new feature starring Dafoe and set in Rome. The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2019. It was released in the United States by Kino Lorber.

The following year, with Siberia (2020), Ferrara and Dafoe collaborated for the sixth time. Inspired by Carl Jung's The Red Book, the script was written by Ferrara and Chris Zois.[31][32] The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, on 24 February 2020. It was released in the United States by Lionsgate in 2021. Shortly after Ferrara directed the documentary Sportin' Life, about the beginning of quarantine measures in Europe a few days after the Berlinale premiere of Siberia, during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.[33] The documentary had its world premiere at the 77th Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2020.

Since 2020 he has interpreted Gabriele Tinti's poetry giving voice to the masterpieces in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Pinacoteca di Brera, Museo Nazionale di San Marco, Ca' d'Oro, Musée Jacquemart-André and Museo Nazionale Romano[34][35]

In August 2021, Zeros and Ones, starring Ethan Hawke, had its world premiere at the main competition of the 74th Locarno Film Festival, during the festival Ferrara won the Best Direction Award.[36] The film was released in limited theaters and on demand by Lionsgate on November 19, 2021.

In 2022, Ferrara's Padre Pio, starring Shia LaBeouf and Asia Argento, premiered at the "Giornate degli Autori" section of the 79th Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2022. The film was released in the United States by Gravitas Ventures on June 2, 2023. During the film's production, LeBeouf notably converted to Catholicism.

Personal life

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Ferrara is married to Cristina Chiriac and they have a daughter, Anna.[37][38] He was previously married to Nancy Ferrara.[39] Ferrara has two adopted children: Endira and Lucy.[40][41] He was also in a romantic relationship with actress Shanyn Leigh.[42][43]

Ferrara lives in Rome, Italy.[44] He moved there following the 9/11 attacks because it was easier for him to find financing for his movies in Europe.[45]

Raised Catholic, Ferrara started describing himself as Buddhist in 2007.[46] When asked if he had converted, Ferrara responded,

It’s not a conversion, you’re not a card-carrying Catholic, you’re brought up Italian, so you’re brought up with those images. All the great art is financed by the Church so they have a monopoly on the paintings, and they’re powerful images, the whole nine yards of it. But Jesus was a living man, and so were Buddha and Muhammad. These three guys changed the fucking world, with their passion and love of other human beings. All these guys had was their word, and they came from fucking nowhere. I’m not saying Nazareth is nowhere – I’m sure Jesus came from a very cool neighbourhood.

— Abel Ferrara[47]

Ferrara said in 2020 that Buddhism "is a practice for me, not a religion".[48] In 2022, he stated he considered Padre Pio his "spirituality model".[49]

Ferrara has said in 2024 that he embraces AI.[50]

Influences

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Influences on Ferrara's work include "the Stones and Dylan … DaVinci, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen and all of the great New York film makers".[51] He has also credited Pier Paolo Pasolini and Rainer Werner Fassbinder as influences.[52][53][54]

Filmography

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Short film

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Year Title Director Writer Actor Notes
1971 Nicky's Film Yes Yes
1972 The Hold Up Yes Yes Yes
1973 Could It Be Love Yes Yes
2010 OneDreamRush: Dream Piece Yes
2012 No Saints Yes
My Big-Assed Mother Yes Role: Charles Bukowski
2017 Hans Yes Yes

Feature films

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Year Title Director Writer Notes
1976 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy Yes Pornographic film
Credited as Jimmy Boy L.
1979 The Driller Killer Yes
1981 Ms .45 Yes
1984 Fear City Yes
1987 China Girl Yes
1989 Cat Chaser Yes
1990 King of New York Yes
1992 Bad Lieutenant Yes Yes
1993 Body Snatchers Yes
Dangerous Game Yes
1995 The Addiction Yes
1996 The Funeral Yes
1997 The Blackout Yes Yes
1998 New Rose Hotel Yes Yes
2001 'R Xmas Yes Yes
2005 Mary Yes Yes
2007 Go Go Tales Yes Yes
2011 4:44 Last Day on Earth Yes Yes
2014 Welcome to New York Yes Yes
Pasolini Yes Yes [55]
2019 Tommaso Yes Yes
2020 Siberia Yes Yes
2021 Zeros and Ones Yes Yes
2022 Padre Pio Yes Yes

Acting roles

Year Title Role Notes
1976 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy Old Man
1979 The Driller Killer Reno Credited as "Jimmy Laine"
1981 Ms .45 1st rapist
1993 Body Snatchers
2006 Exes Cain
2009 Daddy Longlegs Robber
2014 Don Peyote Taxi cab driver
2016 Sculpt
2017 Black Butterfly Pat
2018 Buon Lavoro [56]

Documentary films

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Year Title Director Writer Himself Notes Ref.
1977 Not Guilty: For Keith Richards Yes Short
2008 Chelsea on the Rocks Yes Yes
2009 Napoli Napoli Napoli Yes Yes
2010 Mulberry St. Yes
2017 Alive in France Yes Yes Yes
Piazza Vittorio Yes Yes [57]
2018 Talking with the Vampires Yes Yes Yes Short [58]
2019 The Projectionist Yes Yes [59]
2020 Sportin' Life Yes Yes Yes [60]
2024 Turn in the Wound Yes

Television

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Year Title Notes
1985 Miami Vice "The Home Invaders", "The Dutch Oven"
1986 Crime Story Pilot episode
2012 Pizza Connection Web series

TV movies

Year Title Notes
1986 The Gladiator
1988 The Loner
1997 Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground Segment "Love on the A Train"

Music video

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Year Title Director Writer
1996 Mylène Farmer: California Yes
1999 Ben Folds Five: Don't Change Your Plans Yes
2004 Abenaa: "Rain" Yes Yes

Recurring collaborators

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Ferrara has recast many of the same actors in his movies, most notably Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel and Willem Dafoe.[61] Other actors he has recast include Annabella Sciorra and Matthew Modine as well as character actors such as Victor Argo, Paul Calderón and Giancarlo Esposito.[62] David Caruso is another one of Ferrara's frequent film collaborators.[63] Ms .45 (1981) star Zoë Lund collaborated with Ferrara again on Bad Lieutenant (1992), which she co-wrote.[64] Gretchen Mol has worked with Ferrara twice.[65] Forest Whitaker starred in Ferrara's movies Mary (2005) and Body Snatchers (1993).[66]

Work
Actor
 1979 1981 1986 1987 1990 1992 1993 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 2001 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2014 2014 2019 2020 2021 2022
The Driller Killer
Asia Argento ☒N ☒N ☒N
Victor Argo ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N
Paul Calderón ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N
David Caruso ☒N ☒N ☒N
Cristina Chiriac ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N
Willem Dafoe ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N
Giancarlo Esposito ☒N ☒N
Abel Ferrara ☒N ☒N ☒N
Anna Ferrara ☒N ☒N ☒N
Ethan Hawke ☒N ☒N
Paul Hipp ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N
Dennis Hopper ☒N ☒N
Harvey Keitel ☒N ☒N
Shanyn Leigh ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N
Zoë Lund ☒N ☒N
Matthew Modine ☒N ☒N ☒N
Gretchen Mol ☒N ☒N
James Russo ☒N ☒N
Riccardo Scamarcio ☒N ☒N
Annabella Sciorra ☒N ☒N ☒N
Christopher Walken ☒N ☒N ☒N ☒N
Forest Whitaker ☒N ☒N

Beginning with The Driller Killer in 1979 through The Projectionist in 2019, Ferrara most frequently worked with Ken Kelsch as his cinematographer.[67]

Awards and nominations

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Year Nominated work Award Result Ref.
1993 Bad Lieutenant Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Nominated
1993 Body Snatchers Palme d'Or Nominated
1995 The Addiction Golden Berlin Bear Nominated
1996 The Funeral Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Nominated
1998 The Blackout Worst Director − Yoga Awards Won [68]

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