Abel Ferrara

Biography

Abel Ferrara is an American movie screenwriter and director. He is best known as an independent filmmaker of such films as The Driller Killer (1979), Ms. 45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992) and The Funeral (1996).

Known For

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Self

The Driller Killer

Reno Miller

Black Butterfly

Pat

Marty Supreme

Ms .45

1st Rapist

Plankton Salesmen

Self (archive footage)

Don Peyote

Taxi Cab Driver

Cannes: All Access

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Judas' Gospel	Herodes
2025	Marty Supreme
2024	The Passion According to Béatrice	Self
2023	The Last Days of Humanity	Self (archive footage)
2022	Soldato sotto la luna	Anicio
2022	Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
2022	Buon Lavoro
2021	The Night Burns	Abel
2021	Missing Pictures	Self
2021	Bleedings
2020	Sportin' Life	Self
2019	At the Video Store	Self (archival footage)
2019	The Projectionist	Himself
2019	The App
2018	A Talent For Trouble	Self
2018	Alive in France	Himself
2018	Wiara	Himself
2018	Talking with the Vampires
2017	Plankton Salesmen	Self (archive footage)
2017	Black Butterfly	Pat
2017	Piazza Vittorio	Himself
2017	Ultima Chiamata
2017	Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life	Self
2016	Sculpt
2014	Don Peyote	Taxi Cab Driver
2013	Balkan Spirit	Self - Director
2012	Abel Ferrara in Lucca
2012	Home Sweet Home
2010	Mulberry St.	Self
2010	Uncle Bob	Self
2010	Daddy Longlegs	Robber
2008	Chelsea on the Rocks	Self
2007	Cannes: All Access	Self
2006	Exes	Caïn
2005	Odyssey in Rome
2004	Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!	Himself
2003	Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty	Himself
1998	Abel/Asia	Self
1995	At Sundance	Self
1981	Ms .45	1st Rapist
1979	The Driller Killer	Reno Miller
1976	9 Lives of a Wet Pussy	Old Man
1971	Nicky's Film	Man in junkyard
	Siegfriedsdorf
	Embryo: Beyond the Door

Year	TV Show	Role
2013	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown	Self