Directed credits
42
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Abel Ferrara
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.8
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 40Directed series: 2All crew credits: 50
TMDB ID: 39104
IMDb ID: nm0001206
Known for: Directing
Born: July 19, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2025
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 5.82
Wikidata: Q262608
Also known as
Jimmy Laine • Абель Феррара • アベル・フェラーラ • 아벨 페라라 • 에이블 페라라 • 阿贝尔·费拉拉 • Jimmy Boy L.
Frequent jobs
Director (42)Writer (3)Producer (2)Screenplay (2)Executive Producer (1)
Biography
Abel Ferrara (Italian: [ferˈraːra]; born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker. 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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Abel Ferrara.
5.0
Turn in the Wound
Director
2024 Movie
4.9
Padre Pio
Director
2023 Movie
4.7
Zeros and Ones
Director
2021 Movie
4.2
Sportin' Life
Director
2020 Movie
5.8
Tommaso
Director
2020 Movie
6.0
The Projectionist
Director
2019 Movie
7.7
Alive in France
Director
2018 Movie
Talking with the Vampires
Director
2018 Movie
6.5
Piazza Vittorio
Director
2017 Movie
Searching for Padre Pio
Director
2015 Movie
5.7
Pasolini
Director
2014 Movie
5.0
42 One Dream Rush
Director
2010 Movie
6.0
Mulberry St.
Director
2010 Movie
4.8
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
Director
2010 Movie
5.6
Go Go Tales
Director
2008 Movie
5.6
Chelsea on the Rocks
Director
2008 Movie
8.2
Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV
Director
2006 Movie
5.6
Mary
Director
2005 Movie
6.2
'R Xmas
Director
2001 Movie
7.9
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
Director
2001 Movie
5.2
New Rose Hotel
Director
1999 Movie
5.5
Subway Stories
Director
1997 Movie
5.8
The Blackout
Director
1997 Movie
1.0
Mylène Farmer: California
Director
1996 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Abel Ferrara.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Abel Ferrara.
7.6
Marty Supreme
as Ezra Mishkin
2025 Movie
7.0
Bad Lieutenant
Director
1992 Movie
6.8
The Funeral
Director
1996 Movie
6.8
King of New York
Director
1990 Movie
6.7
Ms .45
Director
1981 Movie
6.5
The Addiction
Director
1995 Movie
6.2
Black Butterfly
as Pat
2017 Movie
6.2
Body Snatchers
Director
1993 Movie
5.7
Dangerous Game
Director
1993 Movie
5.7
Pasolini
Director
2014 Movie
5.3
Fear City
Director
1984 Movie
5.2
New Rose Hotel
Director
1999 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Abel Ferrara.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Abel Ferrara.
7.6
Marty Supreme
as Ezra Mishkin
2025 Movie
5.6
Mary
Director
2005 Movie
6.2
Body Snatchers
Director
1993 Movie
4.9
Siberia
Screenplay
2020 Movie
6.2
'R Xmas
Director
2001 Movie
6.8
King of New York
Director
1990 Movie
6.6
Daddy Longlegs
as Robber
2010 Movie
1.0
Sculpt
2016 Movie
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
2.8
Exes
as Caïn
2006 Movie
6.7
Ms .45
Director
1981 Movie
4.0
Buon Lavoro
2022 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Abel Ferrara.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Abel Ferrara.
4.9
Siberia
Screenplay
2020 Movie
5.1
Welcome to New York
Screenplay
2014 Movie
4.7
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Writer
2012 Movie
5.0
Happy Life
Executive Producer
2011 Movie
3.8
Bandaged
Producer
2009 Movie
2.0
White Boy
Producer
2002 Movie
2.7
Could This Be Love
Writer
1973 Movie
American Nails
Writer
Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Abel Ferrara.
7.6
Marty Supreme
as Ezra Mishkin
2025 Movie
5.5
Judas' Gospel
as Herodes
2025 Movie
7.0
The Passion According to Béatrice
as Self
2024 Movie
1.0
Soldato sotto la luna
as Anicio
2022 Movie
4.0
Buon Lavoro
2022 Movie
7.0
The Night Burns
as Abel
2021 Movie
Missing Pictures
as Self
2021 Movie
Bleedings
2021 Movie
4.2
Sportin' Life
as Self
2020 Movie
3.0
The App
2019 Movie
6.0
The Projectionist
as Himself
2019 Movie
7.7
Alive in France
as Self
2018 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Abel Ferrara.