
Ken Kelsch
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- 8 July 1947 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- 11 December 2023
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).
Known for
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- 2026Manson Girls · director of photography
- 2019The Projectionist · director of photography
- 2018Talking with the Vampires · director of photography
- 2016The Brooklyn Banker · director of photography
- 2014Welcome to New York · director of photography
- 2013House of Last Things · director of photography
- 20124:44 Last Day on Earth · director of photography
- 2009Desert Flower · director of photography
- 2008Sıcak · director of photography
- 2008Return to Sleepaway Camp · director of photography
- 2008100 Feet · director of photography
- 2008Chelsea on the Rocks · director of photography
- 2005Before It Had a Name · director of photography
- 2005Missing in America · director of photography
- 2003Happy End · director of photography
- 2003Asmalı Konak: Hayat · director of photography
- 2003Testosterone · director of photography
- 2001'R Xmas · director of photography
- 2000It Had to Be You · director of photography
- 1999New Rose Hotel · director of photography
- 1999Invisible Child · director of photography
- 1998Rear Window · director of photography
- 1998Susan's Plan · director of photography
- 1998The Impostors · director of photography
- 1998Montana · director of photography
- 1998A Brooklyn State of Mind · director of photography
- 1997Every 9 Seconds · director of photography
- 1997Subway Stories · director of photography
- 1997The Blackout · director of photography
- 1996The Prosecutors · director of photography
- 1996Big Night · director of photography
- 1996Killer: A Journal of Murder · director of photography
- 1996The Funeral · director of photography
- 1995Condition Red · director of photography
- 1995The Addiction · director of photography
- 1994Drop Squad · director of photography
- 1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker · director of photography
- 1993Dangerous Game · director of photography
- 1992Bad Lieutenant · director of photography
- 1992Killer Dead · director of photography
- 1986Spookies · director of photography
- 1982In Our Water · additional camera
- 1979The Driller Killer · director of photography
Acting 7
- 2019Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies as Himself
- 2018Talking with the Vampires
- 2008100 Feet as Garbage Man
- 1999New Rose Hotel as The Expeditor
- 1998Susan's Plan as Casino Pit Boss
- 1993Dangerous Game as Camera Operator (uncredited)
- 1979Don't Go in the House
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- 2008Return to Sleepaway Camp · cinematography
- 1996Mylène Farmer: California · cinematography





