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Russell is best known for his Academy Award -winning romantic drama film Women in Love (1969); the historical drama horror film The Devils (1971); the musical fantasy film Tommy (1975), featuring the Who; and the science fiction horror film Altered States (1980).
Ken Russell. Director: The Devils. Ken Russell tried several professions before choosing to become a film director; he was a still photographer and a dancer and he even served in the Army, but film was his destiny.
Jan 21, 2024 · From hard-hitting historical dramas like The Devils to extravagant musicals like Tommy and The Boy Friend, Ken Russell was a director who did it all.
Nov 28, 2011 · Ken Russell was a larger than life character who was one of the most controversial directors in British cinema. He specialised in the interpretation of the great classical composers,...
Nov 28, 2011 · Ken Russell, who has died aged 84, was so often called rude names – the wild man of British cinema, the apostle of excess, the oldest angry young man in the business – that he gave up denying ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Ken Russell (born July 3, 1927, Southampton, Hampshire, England—died November 27, 2011, Lymington, Hampshire) was a British motion-picture director whose use of shock and sensationalism earned him both praise and reprehension from critics.
Passionate, transgressive, over-the-top, and unforgettable: the films of British iconoclast Ken Russell have rarely been surpassed in their feverish visual imagination and sheer audaciousness.
