Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara is one of those filmmakers I admire precisely because he refuses to play it safe. Coming out of the Bronx, he brings a raw, unsentimental eye to human desperation, and his reinvention of neo-noir gives his work a grimy beauty that few directors dare to chase. His films are provocative and divisive, and that is exactly the point. I respect an artist who would rather unsettle you than flatter you. Decades into his career he is still uncompromising, and in an era of safe, focus-grouped cinema, that stubborn integrity feels almost heroic. He stays with you, whether you like it or not.

Name (English)

Abel Ferrara

Name (Japanese)

アベル・フェラーラ

Reading

あべる・ふぇらーら

Born

July 19, 1951 (age 75)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Origin

The Bronx, New York, United States

Occupation

film director / actor / screenwriter / film actor / film producer

University

Rockland Community College

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Time Machine Award

• Official sitehttps://www.abelferrara.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel%20Ferrara
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262608

Tags

• New York
• film director
• actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.