Ken Kelsch

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).

Cast

New Rose Hotel
The Expeditor
Dangerous Game
Camera Operator (uncredited)
Susan's Plan
Casino Pit Boss
100 Feet
Garbage Man
Talking with the Vampires
Unknown
Don't Go in the House
Unknown
Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies
Himself

Crew

Testosterone
Director of Photography
Rear Window
Director of Photography
Bad Lieutenant
Director of Photography
Spookies
Director of Photography
Killer Dead
Director of Photography
100 Feet
Director of Photography
Talking with the Vampires
Director of Photography
The Projectionist
Director of Photography
Every 9 Seconds
Director of Photography
Invisible Child
Director of Photography
The Prosecutors
Director of Photography
Manson Girls
Director of Photography
Subway Stories
Director of Photography
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Director of Photography
New Rose Hotel
Director of Photography
Welcome to New York
Director of Photography
4:44 Last Day on Earth
Director of Photography
The Impostors
Director of Photography
The Funeral
Director of Photography
Big Night
Director of Photography
The Driller Killer
Director of Photography
Dangerous Game
Director of Photography
'R Xmas
Director of Photography
The Blackout
Director of Photography
Missing in America
Director of Photography
Desert Flower
Director of Photography
The Addiction
Director of Photography
Drop Squad
Director of Photography
Condition Red
Director of Photography
Killer: A Journal of Murder
Director of Photography
Montana
Director of Photography
A Brooklyn State of Mind
Director of Photography
Susan's Plan
Director of Photography
It Had to Be You
Director of Photography
Asmalı Konak: Hayat
Director of Photography
Happy End
Director of Photography
Before It Had a Name
Director of Photography
Chelsea on the Rocks
Director of Photography
Return to Sleepaway Camp
Director of Photography
Sıcak
Director of Photography
House of Last Things
Director of Photography
The Brooklyn Banker
Director of Photography
Mylène Farmer: California
Cinematography
In Our Water
Additional Camera