Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1951-07-19) July 19, 1951 (age 73) The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Other names	Jimmy Boy L Jimmy Laine
Occupations	Director screenwriter actor producer musician songwriter
Years active	1971–present
Spouses	Nancy Ferrara ​ ​ (m. 1982, divorced)​ Cristina Chiriac
Children	3

Abel Ferrara ([ferˈraːra]; born July 19, 1951)^[1] is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and songwriter. He is best known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known movies include the New York-set, gritty crime thrillers The Driller Killer (1979), Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and The Funeral (1996), chronicling violent crime in urban settings with spiritual overtones.

Ferrara also worked in a wide array of genres, including the sci-fi remake Body Snatchers (1993), cyberpunk thriller New Rose Hotel (1998), the religious drama Mary (2005), the black comedy Go Go Tales (2007), and the biopic Pasolini (2014), as well as in several documentary filmmaking projects.