Ken Russell (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Ken Russell

Looking for reviews of films directed by Ken Russell? Cinafilm has a total of 1,330 reviews across 19 movies directed by Ken Russell.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 63%.

The Debussy Film is Ken Russell's highest rated movie, with a score of 76% based on 1 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Ken Russell is Tales of Erotica, with a score of 46% based on 1 reviews.

Director Biography

Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was an English film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his controversial style. He has been criticized as being over-obsessed with sexuality and the church. His subject matter is often about famous composers, or based on other works of art which he adapts loosely. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he did creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. He also directed many feature films independently and for studios.

He is best known for his Oscar-winning film Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Who's Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980).

One noted admirer, the British film critic Mark Kermode, attempting to sum up the director's achievement, called Russell; "somebody who proved that British cinema didn't have to be about kitchen-sink realism - it could be every bit as flamboyant as Fellini. He now makes very strange experimental films like Lion's Mouth and Revenge of the Elephant Man, and they are as edgy and out there as the work he made in the 1970s.

Ken Russell has directed films starring Oliver Reed, Kenneth Colley, Imogen Claire and Glenda Jackson.

Ken Russell has collaborated with these film directors: Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Julien Temple and Nicolas Roeg.