Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara was born on Jul 19, 1951 in USA. Abel Ferrara's big-screen debut came with The Driller Killer directed by Abel Ferrara in 1979, strarring Reno Miller.

Born in the Bronx, Ferrara started making amateur films on Super 8 in his teens before making his debut with violent exploitation films such as 'Driller Killer' and 'Ms.45'. Good reviews for the latter helped create his cult reputation, leading to larger budgets, studio funding and 'name' actors (Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel), but he still likes taking his camera out onto the meanest streets of New York, as the ultra-cheap, highly controversial 'Bad Lieutenant' demonstrates.