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Ken Kelsch (1947-2023)

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Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born:
July 8, 1947

Died:
December 11, 2023

Biography from TheMovieDB

Ken Kelsch is an award-winning director of photography known for his work on movies such as Bad Lieutenant and Desert Flower.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director of Photography:
1979  The Driller Killer
1986  Spookies
1992  Bad Lieutenant
1992  Killer Dead
1993  Dangerous Game
1994  Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994  Drop Squad
1995  Condition Red
1995  The Addiction
1996  Big Night
1996  California
1996  Killer: A Journal of Murder
1996  The Funeral
1996  The Prosecutors
1997  Every 9 Seconds
1997  Subway Stories
1997  The Blackout
1998  A Brooklyn State of Mind
1998  Montana
1998  Rear Window
1998  Susan's Plan
1998  The Impostors
1999  Invisible Child
1999  New Rose Hotel
2000  It Had to Be You
2001  'R Xmas
2003  Asmalı Konak: Hayat
2003  Happy End
2003  Testosterone
2005  Before It Had a Name
2005  Missing in America
2008  100 Feet
2008  Chelsea on the Rocks
2008  Return to Sleepaway Camp
2008  Sıcak
2009  Desert Flower
2012  4:44 Last Day on Earth
2013  House of Last Things
2014  Welcome to New York
2016  The Brooklyn Banker
2018  Talking with the Vampires
2019  The Projectionist
????  Manson Girls

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TV Production

Director of Photography:
2005  Medium

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