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Abel Ferrara

American film director
Person human Q262608

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
July 19, 1951
Place of birth
The Bronx
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Ethnic group
Italian Americans, Irish Americans[10][11]
Occupation
film director, actor, screenwriter, film actor, film producer, film editor, director, producer, musician, writer, film screenwriter, songwriter[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Educated at
Rockland Community College[19]
Award received
Time Machine Award, Wikidata item[20][21]
Official website
www.abelferrara.com[25]
Work location
United States[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[27]
Family name
Ferrara[23]
Given name
Abel[24]
Name in native language
Abel Ferrara[28]
Native language
English[9]
P14419
11522
P14588
33070
P14750
E4ED-874F-4AD5-5E52-C400
Start of work period
1971[29]
Unmarried partner
Katarzyna Figura
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Abel Ferrara ar أبل فيرارا el Έιμπελ Φεράρα fa آبل فرارا he אבל פררה ja アベル・フェラーラ ko 에이블 페라라 ru Абель Феррара ru Феррара, Абель zh 亞伯·佛瑞拉 zh 艾柏·法瑞拉 zh 阿貝爾·費拉拉
🔖 Identifiers · 114
ISNI
0000000121210611
VIAF cluster ID
12486003
Library of Congress authority ID
n98021618
GND ID
121928748
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Abel Ferrara Cannes 2017.jpg ↗
ACMI ID
creators/29983
AdoroCinema person ID
2501
AllMovie person ID
p89631
Allcinema person ID
7458
AlloCiné person ID
2501
American Film Institute person ID
244065
Awards & Winners artist ID
056ryy
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BBC Things ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
981061102642906706
CINE21 person ID
3194
CONOR.SI ID
57042275
CONOR.SR ID
2581863
Cinema Belgica person ID
6990
Cinenacional.com person ID
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Ciné-Ressources person ID
9223
César Award person ID
191033
DDB person (GND) ID
121928748
Danish National Filmography person ID
58747
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
121928748
Deutsche Synchronkartei actor ID
181112
Deutsche Synchronkartei person ID
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Dialnet author ID
3659093
Discogs artist ID
436804
Elonet person ID
109536
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
abel-ferrara
Evene ID
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FAST ID
414099
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_121928748
Fandango person ID
210483
Film-documentaire.fr author ID
44458
FilmAffinity person and company ID
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FilmPolski ID
10381
Filmitalia person ID
28835
Filmportal ID
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Filmweb.pl person ID
11601
Freebase ID
/m/056ryy
GTAA ID
1548973
George Eastman Museum people ID
120724
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
abel-ferrara
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0502712
Hoopla artist ID
469523034
IHeart artist ID
30623956
IMDb ID
nm0001206
ISFDB author ID
197827
IdRef ID
061126950
Ivi person ID
abel-ferrara
IxTheo authority ID
081626584
JRC Names ID
221410
KINENOTE person ID
16449
Kallías ID
PE00542340
Kinobaza person ID
abel-ferrara
Kinobox person ID
18905
Kinopoisk person ID
43429
LdiF person ID
1593
Libris-URI
xv8bfghg1lnrx5h
Listal ID
abel-ferrara
MYmovies person ID
46177
Movie Walker Press person ID
15329
MovieMeter person ID
39104
Munzinger person ID
00000020776
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
44585
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000320341
NE.se ID
abel-ferrara
NL CR AUT ID
js20060303004
NLP ID
a0000002887146
NUKAT ID
n2013165354
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007349761605171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201201179
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810610829105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1127826
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
08021844X
Notable Names Database ID
613/000063424
Obálky knih ID
js20060303004
Open Media Database person ID
39104
OpenMLOL author ID
162663
PORT person ID
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Plex person key
5d776834103a2d001f5675a5
Podchaser creator ID
107abFYZ7q
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
1226699
Prabook ID
1719013
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
58217
Radio France person ID
abel-ferrara
Related category
Category:Films directed by Abel Ferrara
Rotten Tomatoes ID
celebrity/jimmy_laine
SBN author ID
RAVV093967
SELIBR ID
243044
SNAC ARK ID
w6f19514
Scope.dk person ID
15515
Sinemalar person ID
45658
Sixpackfilmdata person ID
7157
Sundance Institute Archive person ID
4
Swedish Film Database person ID
186896
TCM Movie Database person ID
61080
TMDB person ID
39104
TV Tropes ID
Creator/AbelFerrara
TV.com ID
people/abel-ferrara
Tabakalera ID
47868
The Guardian topic ID
film/abel-ferrara
The Numbers person ID
47480401
Topic's main category
Category:Abel Ferrara
Unifrance person ID
336563
Web feed URL
www.filmannex.com
WhoSampled artist ID
Abel-Ferrara
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhmJV4DdGtQpfMQF9tR8C
Yale LUX ID
person/a39f2bed-cd0e-4e51-8ddb-8525938e21d2
ČSFD person ID
2892

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🔗 Connections
Films directed 28
King of New York, Bad Lieutenant, The Funerals, Body Snatchers, The Addiction, Pasolini, Dangerous Game, Mary +20 more
Films written 14
Bad Lieutenant, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Pasolini, Mary, 4:44 Last Day on Earth, New Rose Hotel, Welcome to New York, Zeros and Ones +6 more
Occupation 11
actor, writer, musician, film director, screenwriter, film producer, director, songwriter +3 more
← Cast member 7
Marty Supreme, Ms. 45, The Driller Killer, Black Butterfly, Chelsea on the Rocks, Daddy Longlegs, Teenage Paparazzo
Ethnic group 2
Italian Americans, Irish Americans
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Abel
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
The Bronx
Related category 1
Category:Films directed by Abel Ferrara
Sex or gender 1
male
Unmarried partner 1
Katarzyna Figura
Work location 1
United States
Writing language 1
English
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Films directed by Abel Ferrara
← Different from 1
Abel Ferreira
← Unmarried partner 1
Katarzyna Figura
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Summary

Abel Ferrara was born on July 19, 1951[1], in The Bronx[2]. He has worked as a film director[3], actor[4], screenwriter[5], film actor[6], and film producer[7].

FAQs

Where was Abel Ferrara born?

Abel Ferrara's place of birth was The Bronx[2].

What did Abel Ferrara do for work?

Abel Ferrara worked as a film director[3], actor[4], screenwriter[5], film actor[6], and film producer[7].

Where did Abel Ferrara go to school?

Abel Ferrara was educated at Rockland Community College[19].

What awards did Abel Ferrara receive?

Honors received include Time Machine Award[20] and Q137870547[21].

Related Entities

Marty Supreme United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . livreshebdo.fr. livreshebdo.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . livreshebdo.fr. livreshebdo.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 14h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 13d ago · PeterCanthropus · 2026-10-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
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  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person ID → abel-ferrara
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  4. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 10w ago · ScriptaBelgica · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 16w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sixpackfilmdata person ID → 7157
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  9. 16w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  10. 25w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  11. 26w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → The Bronx
    Educated at → —
    Instance of → human
    CANTIC ID → 981061102642906706
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