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Ken Russell Revealed:
still images 1954 - 1957
Ken Russell was taking photographs
before he made his rst lm
Ken Russell, aged 29, with his Leica
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nce Ken Russell started making movies he took no more photographs
but this fascinating lost work was recently discovered in the les of
TopFoto and has been restored in time for the legendary directors
80th birthday, 3 July 2007.
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KEN RUSSELL
Film director, since 1958; b 3 July 1927; m Shirley Kingdom (marr. Diss. 1978; she d2002); four s one d; m 1984, Vivian Jolly; one s one d; m 1992, Hetty Baines (marr. Diss.1997); one s; m 2001, Elize Tribble. Merchant Navy, 1945; RAF, 1946-49. Ny NorskBallet, 1950; Garrick Players, 1951; free-lance photographer, 1951-57; Film Director, BBC,1958-66; free-lance lm director, 1966-; started new lm movt on mini-DV, Les Garagistes,2004. Vis. Prof. Of Film Studies, Southampton Solent Univ. (formerly SouthamptonInst.), 1996-. Films for TV: Elgar; Bartok; Debussy; Henri Rousseau; Isadora Duncan;Delius; Richard Strauss; Clouds of Glory; The Planets; Vaughan Williams; ABC ofBritish Music (Emmy award); The Mystery of Dr Martin; The Secret Life of Arnold Bax;Classic Widows; Elgar: fantasy on a composer on a bicycle, 2002; television serial: LadyChatterley, 1993; lms: French Dressing, 1964; The Billion Dollar Brain, 1967; Womenin Love, 1969; The Music Lovers, 1970; The Devils, 1971; The Boy Friend, 1971; SavageMessiah, 1972; Mahler, 1973; Tommy, 1974; Lisztomania, 1975; Valentino, 1977; AlteredStates, 1981; Crimes of Passion, 1985; Gothic, 1987; (jtly) Aria, 1987; Salomes Last Dance,1988; Lair of the White Worm, 1989; The Rainbow, 1989; Whore, 1991; Lions Mouth,2000; Fall of the Louse of Usher, 2001; Hot Pants: 3 Sexy Shorts (Revenge of the ElephantMan, The Mystery of Mata Hari, The Good Ship Venus); opera: The Rakes Progress,Florence, 1982; Madam Buttery, Spoleto, 1983; La Bohme, Macerata, 1984; Faust,
Vienna, 1985; Princess Ida, ENO, 1992; Salome, Bonn, 1993. Screen Writers Guild Awardfor TV lms Elgar, Debussy, Isadora and Dantes Inferno; Achievement Awards: TellurideFilm Fest., 2001; Dallas Film Fest., 2002; Belgrade Film Fest., 2003; Istanbul FilmFest., 2003; Argentina, 2004. Publications: A British Picture (autobiog.), 1989; Fire OverEngland, 1993; Mike and Gabys Space Gospel (novel), 1999; Violation (sci- novel), 2005;Vol I Beethoven Condential and Brahms Gets Laid (biog.-novel), 2006; Vol II Elgar: TheErotic Variations and Delius: A Moment With Venus (biog.-novel), 2006; Directing Film:the directors art from script to cutting room, 1999.
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