Abel Ferrara

Director

Birthday July 19, 1951

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace The Bronx, NY

Age 72 years old

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About

American film director and writer whose work included the 1990s crime dramas Bad Lieutenant and King of New York.

Before Fame

He made his first splash in directing with the dark, grindhouse film The Driller Killer from 1979.

Trivia

He helped write an adaptation of his film Bad Lieutenant called The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans.

Family Life

He adopted two daughters.

Associated With

He cast Christopher Walken in four of his films, including The Funeral from 1996.