Ken Kelsch

Camera

Born: July 8, 1947 (76 years old)

Died: December 11, 2023

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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).

Filmography (40)

• Bad Lieutenant (1992, ★ 7)
• Invisible Child (1999, ★ 6.9)
• The Funeral (1996, ★ 6.7)
• Big Night (1996, ★ 7)
• Desert Flower (2009, ★ 7.6)
• In Our Water (1982, ★ 7.6)
• Medium (2005, ★ 7.5)
• Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994, ★ 6.3)
• The Addiction (1995, ★ 6.5)
• New Rose Hotel (1999, ★ 5.3)
• Dangerous Game (1993, ★ 5.8)
• 100 Feet (2008, ★ 5.7)
• Don't Go in the House (1979, ★ 5.7)
• Testosterone (2003, ★ 5.3)
• Rear Window (1998, ★ 5.4)
• The Projectionist (2019, ★ 6)
• Every 9 Seconds (1997, ★ 5)
• Subway Stories (1997, ★ 5.6)
• 'R Xmas (2001, ★ 6.2)
• Welcome to New York (2014, ★ 5.1)
• The Impostors (1998, ★ 5.9)
• The Driller Killer (1979, ★ 5.2)
• The Blackout (1997, ★ 5.8)
• Missing in America (2005, ★ 5.8)
• Susan's Plan (1998, ★ 4.8)
• Spookies (1986, ★ 4.7)
• 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012, ★ 4.7)
• Condition Red (1995, ★ 4.8)
• Montana (1998, ★ 5.7)
• Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996, ★ 5.8)