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Ken Kelsch

Cinematographer | * 07/08/1947 († 76, 12/11/2023)
Kenneth Arthur Kelsch (July 8, 1947 – December 11, 2023) was an American cinematographer, teacher, and Vietnam veteran. He was best known for his guerilla filmmaking style and his career-spanning partnership with cult genre director Abel Ferrara, with whom he made more than 15 films. His films include The Driller Killer (1979), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Dangerous Game (1993), Big Night (1996) and a Rear Window (1998) remake starring a paralyzed Christopher Reeve. On television, he was the director of photography on two seasons of Medium, several TV movies and, with Ferrara, one segment of the anthology series Subway Stories (1997). In 1996, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for his work on The Funeral ()
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Ken Kelsch is an Award Winning Cinematographer/D.O.P. and known for his credit in movies such as Bad Lieutenant and Desert Flower.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness. ...

Bad Lieutenant

NC-17

1992 | 3.5/5 | 1h 36min
Crime, Drama
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The story concerns the funeral of one of three brothers in a family of gangsters that lived in New York in 1930s. Details of the past of the brothers and their families are shown through a series of f ...

The Funeral

R

1996 | 3.4/5 | 1h 39min
Crime, Drama
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Two teenage girls try to buy marijuana in the city - where they get kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychotic convicts. ...

The Last House on the Left

R

1972 | 3.0/5 | 1h 24min
Horror, Thriller
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After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband. ...

100 Feet

R

2008 | 2.8/5 | 1h 45min
Horror, Thriller
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Movies with Ken Kelsch as Actor(6)

as himself2019 Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies
2018 Talking with the Vampires
as Garbage Man2008 100 Feet
as The Expeditor1999 New Rose Hotel
as Casino Pit Boss1998 Susan's Plan
1979 Don't Go in the House

Movies with Ken Kelsch as Crew(42)

Camera/Director of Photography2023 Manson Girls
Camera/Director of Photography2019 The Projectionist
Camera/Director of Photography2018 Talking with the Vampires
Camera/Director of Photography2016 The Brooklyn Banker
Camera/Director of Photography2014 Welcome to New York
Camera/Director of Photography2013 House of Last Things
Camera/Director of Photography2011 4:44 Last Day on Earth
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Desert Flower
Camera/Director of Photography2008 Chelsea on the Rocks
Camera/Director of Photography2008 Return to Sleepaway Camp
Camera/Director of Photography2008 Sıcak
Camera/Director of Photography2008 100 Feet
Camera/Director of Photography2005 Before It Had a Name
Camera/Director of Photography2005 Missing in America
Camera/Director of Photography2003 Asmalı Konak: Hayat
Camera/Director of Photography2003 Testosterone
Camera/Director of Photography2003 Happy End
Camera/Director of Photography2001 'R Xmas
Camera/Director of Photography2000 It Had to Be You
Camera/Director of Photography1999 New Rose Hotel
Camera/Director of Photography1999 Invisible Child
Camera/Director of Photography1998 Susan's Plan
Camera/Director of Photography1998 Rear Window
Camera/Director of Photography1998 A Brooklyn State of Mind
Camera/Director of Photography1998 The Impostors
Camera/Director of Photography1998 Montana
Camera/Director of Photography1997 Every 9 Seconds
Camera/Director of Photography1997 The Blackout
Camera/Director of Photography1997 Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground
Camera/Director of Photography1996 Big Night
Camera/Director of Photography1996 The Prosecutors
Camera/Director of Photography1996 The Funeral
Camera/Director of Photography1996 Mylène Farmer: California
Camera/Director of Photography1996 Killer: A Journal of Murder
Camera/Director of Photography1995 Condition Red
Camera/Director of Photography1995 The Addiction
Camera/Director of Photography1994 Drop Squad
Camera/Director of Photography1994 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Camera/Director of Photography1993 Dangerous Game
Camera/Director of Photography1992 Bad Lieutenant
Camera/Director of Photography1986 Spookies
Camera/Director of Photography1979 The Driller Killer

TV Shows/Series with Ken Kelsch as Crew(1)

Camera/Director of Photography2005 Medium

Full Name: Ken Kelsch
Born: Tuesday, 07/08 1947 (July)
Died: Monday, 12/11 2023 (December) (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Ken Kelsch frequently works together with these people:
Abel Ferrara (28x, Crew)
Joe Delia (10x, Crew)
Stanley Tucci (8x, Actor)
Anthony Redman (8x, Crew)
Victor Argo (6x, Actor)
Tina DiJoseph (6x, Actress)
Willem Dafoe (5x, Actor)
Christopher Walken (5x, Actor)
Paul Calderon (5x, Actor)
Glenn Gordon Caron (5x, Crew)
Robert W. Castle (5x, Actor)
Frank Aquilino (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:495166, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024