Ken Kelsch

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).

Camera

1979

[ W ] The Driller Killer (Director of Photography)

1982

[ ] In Our Water (Additional Camera)

1986

[ W ] Spookies (Director of Photography)

1992

[ 8/10 ] Bad Lieutenant (Director of Photography)
[ ] Killer Dead (Director of Photography)

1993

[ ] Dangerous Game (Director of Photography)

1994

[ ] Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (Director of Photography)
[ ] Drop Squad (Director of Photography)

1995

[ ] The Addiction (Director of Photography)
[ ] Condition Red (Director of Photography)

1996

[ ] The Prosecutors (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Funeral (Director of Photography)
[ ] Big Night (Director of Photography)
[ ] Killer: A Journal of Murder (Director of Photography)

1997

[ ] Every 9 Seconds (Director of Photography)
[ ] Subway Stories (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Blackout (Director of Photography)

1998

[ ] Rear Window (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Impostors (Director of Photography)
[ ] Montana (Director of Photography)
[ ] A Brooklyn State of Mind (Director of Photography)
[ ] Susan's Plan (Director of Photography)

1999

[ ] Invisible Child (Director of Photography)
[ ] New Rose Hotel (Director of Photography)

2000

[ ] It Had to Be You (Director of Photography)

2001

[ ] 'R Xmas (Director of Photography)

2003

[ ] Testosterone (Director of Photography)
[ ] Happy End (Director of Photography)
[ ] Asmalı Konak: Hayat (Director of Photography)

2005

[ ] Missing in America (Director of Photography)
[ ] Before It Had a Name (Director of Photography)

2008

[ ] 100 Feet (Director of Photography)
[ 5/10 ] Return to Sleepaway Camp (Director of Photography)
[ ] Sıcak (Director of Photography)
[ ] Chelsea on the Rocks (Director of Photography)

2009

[ ] Desert Flower (Director of Photography)

2012

[ 6/10 ] 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Director of Photography)

2013

[ ] House of Last Things (Director of Photography)

2014

[ ] Welcome to New York (Director of Photography)

2016

[ ] The Brooklyn Banker (Director of Photography)

2018

[ ] Talking with the Vampires (Director of Photography)

2019

[ ] The Projectionist (Director of Photography)

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[ ] Manson Girls (Director of Photography)

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