Ken Kelsch
Known for: Camera
Born: July 8, 1947
Died: December 11, 2023
Place of birth: 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 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).
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Filmography
45 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
7.5
Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies
2019
6.0
The Projectionist
2019
5.0
Talking with the Vampires
2018
4.8
The Brooklyn Banker
2016
5.1
Welcome to New York
2014
5.0
House of Last Things
2013
4.8
4:44 Last Day on Earth
2012
7.6
Desert Flower
2009
3.5
Sıcak
2008
5.7
Return to Sleepaway Camp
2008
5.7
100 Feet
2008
5.7
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
3.6
Before It Had a Name
2005
7.5
Medium
2005
5.7
Missing in America
2005
5.1
Happy End
2003
4.3
Asmalı Konak: Hayat
2003
5.3
Testosterone
2003
6.2
'R Xmas
2001
6.1
It Had to Be You
2000
5.3
New Rose Hotel
1999
6.9
Invisible Child
1999
5.4
Rear Window
1998
4.8
Susan's Plan
1998
6.0
The Impostors
1998
5.6
Montana
1998
5.3
A Brooklyn State of Mind
1998
5.0
Every 9 Seconds
1997
5.6
Subway Stories
1997
5.8
The Blackout
1997
8.0
The Prosecutors
1996
7.0
Big Night
1996
5.8
Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996
6.8
The Funeral
1996
4.8
Condition Red
1995
6.5
The Addiction
1995
3.5
Drop Squad
1994
6.3
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
5.7
Dangerous Game
1993
7.0
Bad Lieutenant
1992
3.0
Killer Dead
1992
4.7
Spookies
1986
7.6
In Our Water
1982
5.7
Don't Go in the House
1979
5.2
The Driller Killer
1979
NR
Manson Girls
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