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Director

Ken Russell

UK
In Their Own Words

Ken Russell has always been a big influence, especially his use of sound and how he really pushed boundaries with historical drama. The Music Lovers is a prime example of his extreme style.

On The Music Lovers  ·  MUBI Notebook interview with Peter Strickland
Filmography (40)
Boudica Bites Back 2007
Hot Pants Trilogy 2006
Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle 2002
The Fall of the Louse of Usher 2001
Lion’s Mouth 2000
Dogboys 1998
Mindbender 1996
Ken Russell’s Treasure Island 1995
Lady Chatterley 1993
Prisoner of Honour 1991
Whore 1991
The Rainbow 1989
The Lair of the White Worm 1988
Salome’s Last Dance 1988
Gothic 1986
Crimes of Passion 1984
Altered States 1980
Clouds of Glory 1978
Valentino 1977
Lisztomania 1975
Tommy 1975
Mahler 1974
Savage Messiah 1972
The Devils 1971
The Boy Friend 1971
The Music Lovers 1970
The Dance of the Seven Veils 1970
Women in Love 1969
Delius: Song of Summer 1968
“Dante’s Inferno” 1967
Billion Dollar Brain 1967
Isadora Duncan, The Biggest Dancer in the World 1966
“The Debussy Film” 1965
Diary of a Nobody 1964
French Dressing 1963
“Pop Goes the Easel” 1962
“Elgar” 1962
Amelia and the Angel 1957
Peepshow 1956
Knights on Bikes 1956