2009Winner
Best Director
Desert Flower
Ken Kelsch
Actor · Director
Brooklyn, New York, USA
July 8, 1947
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1992Nominee
Best Director
Bad Lieutenant
1996Nominee
Best Director
Big Night
Career Highlights
1995Highlight
Best Director
The Addiction
1992Highlight
Best Director
Killer Dead
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Desert Flower
Bad Lieutenant
Big Night