The Ken Russell Collection

The collection principally consists of still photographs taken on the sets of several of Russell's films; also included are scripts, videotapes, promotional materials for some of Russell's works, and miscellaneous other materials such as programmes for film festivals and film equipment (a light, a clapperboard, film tins).

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell, was a British film director. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England on 3 July 1927. He began making short films in the 1950s and made several documentaries for the BBC TV arts programme Monitor from 1959-1965. His 1969 film Women in Love , an adaptation of the D.H Lawrence novel, won him an Oscar nomination for Best Director. Several of Russell's films caused controversy for their nudity and portrayal of sexuality, The Devils (1971) probably causing the greatest furore. Other notable films include Tommy (1975) and Altered States (1980). Russell died on 27 November 2011 in Lymington, Hampshire, England.

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The biographical information was gathered from Encyclopaedia Britannica. and the BFI's ScreenOnline. (both of which were last accessed on 6 December 2022).

The collection is copyright protected. It cannot be reproduced without consultation with the archive manager.

The collection was donated by Ken Russell. The precise date of the donation has not been recorded, but it is likely to have around 2000, and is certainly no later than 2002.