Ken Kelsch

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Ken Kelsch

Camera July 8, 1947

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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 w…

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Medium

Medium

7.5 2005 TV Show
Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant

7.0 1992 Movie
Desert Flower

Desert Flower

7.6 2009 Movie
100 Feet

100 Feet

5.7 2008 Movie
Return to Sleepaway Camp

Return to Sleepaway Camp

5.7 2008 Movie
The Addiction

The Addiction

6.5 1995 Movie
Big Night

Big Night

7.0 1996 Movie
The Funeral

The Funeral

6.8 1996 Movie
The Driller Killer

The Driller Killer

5.2 1979 Movie
4:44 Last Day on Earth

4:44 Last Day on Earth

4.8 2012 Movie
New Rose Hotel

New Rose Hotel

5.3 1999 Movie
Welcome to New York

Welcome to New York

5.1 2014 Movie

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies

    Movie Himself

  2. 2019
    The Projectionist

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2018
    Talking with the Vampires

    Movie

  4. 2016
    The Brooklyn Banker

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 2014
    Welcome to New York

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2013
    House of Last Things

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2012
    4:44 Last Day on Earth

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2009
    Desert Flower

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2008
    Sıcak

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 2008
    Return to Sleepaway Camp

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 2008
    100 Feet

    Movie Garbage Man

  12. 2008
    Chelsea on the Rocks

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2005
    Before It Had a Name

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 2005
    Medium

    TV show Director of Photography

  15. 2005
    Missing in America

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 2003
    Happy End

    Movie Director of Photography

More credits
  1. 2003
    Asmalı Konak: Hayat

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2003
    Testosterone

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2001
    'R Xmas

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2000
    It Had to Be You

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 1999
    New Rose Hotel

    Movie The Expeditor

  6. 1999
    Invisible Child

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 1998
    Rear Window

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 1998
    Susan's Plan

    Movie Casino Pit Boss

  9. 1998
    The Impostors

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 1998
    Montana

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 1998
    A Brooklyn State of Mind

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 1997
    Every 9 Seconds

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 1997
    Subway Stories

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 1997
    The Blackout

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 1996
    The Prosecutors

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 1996
    Big Night

    Movie Director of Photography

  17. 1996
    Killer: A Journal of Murder

    Movie Director of Photography

  18. 1996
    The Funeral

    Movie Director of Photography

  19. 1995
    Condition Red

    Movie Director of Photography

  20. 1995
    The Addiction

    Movie Director of Photography

  21. 1994
    Drop Squad

    Movie Director of Photography

  22. 1994
    Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

    Movie Director of Photography

  23. 1993
    Dangerous Game

    Movie Camera Operator (uncredited)

  24. 1992
    Bad Lieutenant

    Movie Director of Photography