Cast & creator
Abel Ferrara
Best known for Miami Vice, Marty Supreme, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Abel Ferrara (Italian: [ferˈraːra]; born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker. 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.
Also known as: Jimmy Laine, Абель Феррара, アベル・フェラーラ , 아벨 페라라, 에이블 페라라
118
film credits
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television credits
47
1971–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (121)
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Miami Vice
Director
1984
Marty Supreme
Ezra Mishkin
2025
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Self
2013
Crime Story
Director
1986
King of New York
Director
1990
Black Butterfly
Pat
2017
Bad Lieutenant
Director
1992Bad Lieutenant
Screenplay
1992
Ms .45
First Rapist (as Jimmy Laine)
1981Ms .45
Director
1981
Body Snatchers
Director
1993
The Addiction
Director
1995
Welcome to New York
Director
2014Welcome to New York
Writer
2014
The Sweet East
Thanks
2023
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Writer
20124:44 Last Day on Earth
Director
2012
The Funeral
Director
1996Cabaret Boys
Abel
2026
Zeros and Ones
Director
2021Zeros and Ones
Screenplay
2021
China Girl
Director
1987
Fear City
Director
1984
Mary
Director
2005Mary
Story
2005
Cannes: All Access
Self
2007
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
2017
Subway Stories
Director
1997
Daddy Longlegs
Robber
2010
New Rose Hotel
Director
1999New Rose Hotel
Screenplay
1999
Siberia
Screenplay
2020Siberia
Director
2020
Go Go Tales
Director
2008Go Go Tales
Screenplay
2008
Dangerous Game
Director
1993
Crime Story: Pilot
Director
1986
Padre Pio
Director
2022Padre Pio
Writer
2022
The Blackout
Director
1997The Blackout
Screenplay
1997The Blackout
Songs
1997
'R Xmas
Director
2001'R Xmas
Screenplay
2001
42 One Dream Rush
Director
2010
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
2008Chelsea on the Rocks
Director
2008Chelsea on the Rocks
Writer
2008
Don Peyote
Taxi Cab Driver
2014Don Peyote
Manhattan Cab Driver
2014
Betrayal and Retribution - The Spawn of the Last House on the Left
Self
A Talent For Trouble
Self
2018
The Driller Killer
Reno Miller (as Jimmy Laine)
1979The Driller Killer
Director
1979The Driller Killer
Editor
1979The Driller Killer
Songs
1979
Pasolini
Director
2014Pasolini
Idea
2014
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
2017
Abel/Asia
Self
1998
Cat Chaser
Director
1989
Sculpt
2016
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Self
2003
Judas' Gospel
King Herodes
2025
Buon Lavoro
2022
The Gladiator
Director
1986
Mylene Farmer: Music Videos II & III
Director
2001
Abel Ferrara in Lucca
2012
Ultima Chiamata
2017
Turn in the Wound
Director
2024
American Nails
Writer
American Nails
Director
Never Down
Thanks
2007
Soldato sotto la luna
Anicio
2022
Tommaso
Director
2020Tommaso
Screenplay
2020
At Sundance
Self
1995
Home Sweet Home
2012
Odyssey in Rome
2005
Exes
Caïn
2006
Talking with the Vampires
2018Talking with the Vampires
Director
2018Siegfriedsdorf
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!
Himself
2004
Happy Life
Executive Producer
2011The Night Burns
The Night Burns
Abel
2021
The App
2019
Mulberry St.
Self
2010Mulberry St.
Director
2010Embryo: Beyond the Door
Mylène Farmer : Music Videos IV
Director
2006
Alive in France
Self
2018Alive in France
Director
2018Alive in France
Original Music Composer
2018
White Boy
Producer
2002Not Guilty: For Keith Richards
Not Guilty: For Keith Richards
Director
The Passion According to Béatrice
Self
2024
The Projectionist
Self
2019The Projectionist
Director
2019Please Leave a Message: Anthology Film Archives Voicemails Through the Ages
2022
Piazza Vittorio
Himself
2017Piazza Vittorio
Director
2017
Bleedings
2021
Bandaged
Producer
2009
Balkan Spirit
Self - Director
2013
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
Director
2010Napoli, Napoli, Napoli
Writer
2010
Sportin' Life
Self
2020Sportin' Life
Director
2020
Uncle Bob
Self
2010
Could This Be Love
Writer
1973Could This Be Love
Director
1973
Wiara
Self
2018
The Hold Up
Director
1972The Hold Up
Writer
1972Nicky's Film
Man in junkyard
1971Nicky's Film
Director
1971Nicky's Film
Cinematography
1971
Searching for Padre Pio
Director
2015