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Ken Kelsch

Known For
Camera

Known Credits
7

Gender
Male

Birthday
July 8, 1947 (79 years old)

Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Ken Kelsch

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).

Known For

Camera

2019The Projectionist...Director of Photography
2018Talking with the Vampires...Director of Photography
2016The Brooklyn Banker...Director of Photography
2014Welcome to New York...Director of Photography
2013House of Last Things...Director of Photography
20124:44 Last Day on Earth...Director of Photography
2009Desert Flower...Director of Photography
2008Sıcak...Director of Photography
2008Return to Sleepaway Camp...Director of Photography
2008100 Feet...Director of Photography
2008Chelsea on the Rocks...Director of Photography
2005Before It Had a Name...Director of Photography
2005Medium...Director of Photography
2005Missing in America...Director of Photography
2003Happy End...Director of Photography
2003Asmalı Konak: Hayat...Director of Photography
2003Testosterone...Director of Photography
2001'R Xmas...Director of Photography
2000It Had to Be You...Director of Photography
1999New Rose Hotel...Director of Photography
1999Invisible Child...Director of Photography
1998Rear Window...Director of Photography
1998Susan's Plan...Director of Photography
1998The Impostors...Director of Photography
1998Montana...Director of Photography
1998A Brooklyn State of Mind...Director of Photography
1997Every 9 Seconds...Director of Photography
1997Subway Stories...Director of Photography
1997The Blackout...Director of Photography
1996The Prosecutors...Director of Photography
1996Big Night...Director of Photography
1996Killer: A Journal of Murder...Director of Photography
1996The Funeral...Director of Photography
1995Condition Red...Director of Photography
1995The Addiction...Director of Photography
1994Drop Squad...Director of Photography
1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker...Director of Photography
1993Dangerous Game...Director of Photography
1992Bad Lieutenant...Director of Photography
1992Killer Dead...Director of Photography
1986Spookies...Director of Photography
1982In Our Water...Additional Camera
1979The Driller Killer...Director of Photography
Manson Girls...Director of Photography

Crew

2008Return to Sleepaway Camp...Cinematography
1996Mylène Farmer: California...Cinematography

Acting

2019Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookiesas Himself
2018Talking with the Vampiresas
2008100 Feetas Garbage Man
1999New Rose Hotelas The Expeditor
1998Susan's Planas Casino Pit Boss
1993Dangerous Gameas Camera Operator (uncredited)
1979Don't Go in the Houseas