Ken Russell Overview:

Director, Ken Russell, was born on Jul 3, 1927 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Russell died at the age of 84 on Nov 27, 2011 in Lymington, England .

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Although Russell was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1970Best DirectorWomen in Love (1969)N/ANominated
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Stanley Kubrick once called him in the early 1970s to ask him where he had found the lovely locations for his films. Russell complied and Kubrick used the locations in his next film Barry Lyndon (1975). Russell later said, "I felt quite chuffed".

He served in the British Merchant Navy and the Royal Air Force before moving to London, England where he studied dance before turning to photography in his late 20s.

After the controversy surrounding Altered States (1980), he found it hard to get financial backing, so he directed opera for a while, including a version of Madame Butterfly.

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