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Abel Ferrara
Director 75 years old

Abel Ferrara

The Bronx, New York, USA

Abel Ferrara (Italian: [ferˈraːra]; born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known... Read full bio →

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7 titles
Marty Supreme

Marty Supreme

Josh Safdie 2025 2h 30m 7.5

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

Black Butterfly

Black Butterfly

Brian Goodman 2017 1h 33m 5.0

Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.

A Talent for Trouble

A Talent for Trouble

Marvis Johnson 2015 1h 2m

Set in the early 2000's when hip hop video's meant something. Sean Wellington, a neurotic music video director who was just given the opportunity of a lifetime to direct his first feature film.

Don Peyote

Don Peyote

Dan Fogler, Michael Canzoniero 2014 1h 30m

An ordinary guy delves deep into counterculture, conspiracy theories and the like as he tries to discern the structure of society.

Go Get Some Rosemary

Go Get Some Rosemary

Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie 2010 1h 40m

After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment in New York. During these two weeks, he must figure out if he wants to act as their father or be their friend.

Ms .45

Ms .45

Abel Ferrara 1981 1h 21m 8.0

After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.

The Driller Killer

The Driller Killer

Abel Ferrara 1979 1h 41m 7.0

An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.

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