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Abel Ferrara
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: July 19, 1951 in Bronx, New York City, NY Biography:Independent New York filmmaker "Abel Ferrara" became best-known for his low-budget, shockingly violent films that explore the roughest parts of the Big Apple and the darkest reaches of the human soul, with films such as "China Girl" (1987) -- his unique version of Romeo and Juliet -- generating a devoted following. "Ferrara" was born in the Bronx, but spent most of his childhood in Peekskill, NY, where he met the two young men who would eventually become his primary screenwriter ("Nicholas St. John") and occasional consultant (John McIntyre). As boys, they would play around with 8 mm cameras. In the mid-'70s, the three reunited and founded Navaron Films, where they produced an adult film. In 1979, they released their most notorious film, "Driller Killer", for which "Ferrara" starred, edited, and wrote the songs under the pseudonym "Jimmie Laine". In this movie, a young man goes berserk and begins... Full Biography
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