Birthday: July 03, 2027
British director Ken Russell started out training for a naval career, but after wartime RAF and merchant navy service he switched goals and went into ballet. Supplementing his dancing income as an actor and still photographer, Russell put together a handful of amateur films in the 50s before being hired as a staff director by the BBC. Russell made a name for himself (albeit a name ...more- 1972
- Venice International Film Festival
- Film Presented
- Savage Messiah
- f
- 1971
- National Board of Review
- Best Director
- The Devils
- win
- 1971
- Venice International Film Festival
- Film Presented
- The Devils
- f
- 1970
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Director
- Women in Love
- nom
- 1970
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Director
- Women in Love
- nom
- 2006
- Brothers of the Head
- Ken Russell, The Film Director
- 1992
- Lady Chatterley
- Sir Michael Reid
- 1991
- Whore
- Waiter
- 1990
- The Russia House
- Walter
- In Search of the English Folk Song
- Director
- In Search of the English Folk Song
- Screenwriter
- 2006
- Trapped Ashes
- Director
- 2001
- The Fall of the Louse of Usher
- Director
- 1998
- Dogboys
- Director














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