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Ken Kelsch

Ken Kelsch

1947–2023 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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).

Camera 44

2010s

  1. 2019

    The Projectionist

    Director of Photography

  2. 2018

    Talking with the Vampires

    Director of Photography

  3. 2016

    The Brooklyn Banker

    Director of Photography

  4. 2014
  5. 2013

    House of Last Things

    Director of Photography

  6. 2012

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008

    Sıcak

    Director of Photography

  3. Chelsea on the Rocks

    Director of Photography

  4. 2005
  5. Missing in America

    Director of Photography

  6. 2003

    Happy End

    Director of Photography

  7. Asmalı Konak: Hayat

    Director of Photography

  8. 2001
  9. 2000

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. Invisible Child

    Director of Photography

  3. 1998
  4. A Brooklyn State of Mind

    Director of Photography

  5. 1997
  6. Subway Stories

    Director of Photography

  7. 1996

    The Prosecutors

    Director of Photography

  8. Killer: A Journal of Murder

    Director of Photography

  9. The Funeral

    Director of Photography

  10. 1995

    Condition Red

    Director of Photography

  11. 1994

    Drop Squad

    Director of Photography

  12. Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

    Director of Photography

  13. 1993
  14. 1992
  15. Killer Dead

    Director of Photography

1980s

  1. 1986

    Spookies

    Director of Photography

  2. 1982

    In Our Water

    Additional Camera

No release date

  1. Manson Girls

    Director of Photography

Acted in 6

Other crew 1

Appearances1

2010s

  1. 2019

    Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies

    Himself