# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abel-ferrara
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:47:14.220Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abel-ferrara"
name: "Abel Ferrara"
slug: "abel-ferrara"
description: "Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use and redefinition of neo-noir imagery. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known movies include the New York-set, gritty crime thrillers The Driller Killer (1979), Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and The Funeral (1996), chronicling violent crime in urban settings with spiritual overtones."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abel_Ferrara_Cannes_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-07-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.71938
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001206/"
    handle:    "nm0001206"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.abelferrara.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أبل فيرارا"
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    title: "ابل فيرارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Έιμπελ Φεράρα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Ferrara"
    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アベル・フェラーラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "에이블 페라라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abels Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Ferrara"
    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Ferrara"
    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Ferrara"
    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Ferrara"
    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Ferrara"
    title: "Abel Ferrara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Феррара, Абель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dbf10c6b-6c71-4eeb-8926-926e061c47d3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262608"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump