Ken Kelsch
Biography
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).
Personal Details
Movies (45)
Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies
as Himself
2019
The Projectionist
Director of Photography (Camera)
2019
Talking with the Vampires
2018
The Brooklyn Banker
Director of Photography (Camera)
2016
Welcome to New York
Director of Photography (Camera)
2014
House of Last Things
Director of Photography (Camera)
2013
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Director of Photography (Camera)
2012
Desert Flower
Director of Photography (Camera)
2009
Sıcak
Director of Photography (Camera)
2008
Return to Sleepaway Camp
Director of Photography (Camera)
2008
100 Feet
as Garbage Man
2008
Chelsea on the Rocks
Director of Photography (Camera)
2008
Before It Had a Name
Director of Photography (Camera)
2005
Missing in America
Director of Photography (Camera)
2005
Happy End
Director of Photography (Camera)
2003
Asmalı Konak: Hayat
Director of Photography (Camera)
2003
Testosterone
Director of Photography (Camera)
2003
'R Xmas
Director of Photography (Camera)
2001
It Had to Be You
Director of Photography (Camera)
2000
New Rose Hotel
as The Expeditor
1999
Invisible Child
Director of Photography (Camera)
1999
Rear Window
Director of Photography (Camera)
1998
Susan's Plan
as Casino Pit Boss
1998
The Impostors
Director of Photography (Camera)
1998
Montana
Director of Photography (Camera)
1998
A Brooklyn State of Mind
Director of Photography (Camera)
1998
Every 9 Seconds
Director of Photography (Camera)
1997
Subway Stories
Director of Photography (Camera)
1997
The Blackout
Director of Photography (Camera)
1997
The Prosecutors
Director of Photography (Camera)
1996
Big Night
Director of Photography (Camera)
1996
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Director of Photography (Camera)
1996
Mylène Farmer: California
Cinematography (Crew)
1996
The Funeral
Director of Photography (Camera)
1996
Condition Red
Director of Photography (Camera)
1995
The Addiction
Director of Photography (Camera)
1995
Drop Squad
Director of Photography (Camera)
1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Director of Photography (Camera)
1994
Dangerous Game
as Camera Operator (uncredited)
1993
Bad Lieutenant
Director of Photography (Camera)
1992
Killer Dead
Director of Photography (Camera)
1992
Spookies
Director of Photography (Camera)
1986
In Our Water
Additional Camera (Camera)
1982
Don't Go in the House
1979
The Driller Killer
Director of Photography (Camera)
1979
