Kenneth Arthur Kelsch (July 8, 1947 – December 11, 2023) was an American cinematographer. He was best known for his guerilla filmmaking style and his career-spanning partnership with filmmaker Abel Ferrara, with whom he made more than a dozen films, including The Driller Killer (1979), Bad Lieutenant (1992), Dangerous Game (1993), The Addiction (1995), The Blackout (1997), and Welcome to New York (2014), as well as a segment of the HBO dark comedy drama anthology series Subway Stories (1997).

Filmography

• 2019The Projectionist — Director of Photography
• 2018Talking with the Vampires — Director of Photography
• 2016The Brooklyn Banker — Director of Photography
• 2014Welcome to New York — Director of Photography
• 2013House of Last Things — Director of Photography
• 20124:44 Last Day on Earth — Director of Photography
• 2009Desert Flower — Director of Photography
• 2008100 Feet — Garbage Man, Director of Photography
• 2008Chelsea on the Rocks — Director of Photography
• 2008Return to Sleepaway Camp — Director of Photography, Cinematography
• 2008Sıcak — Director of Photography
• 2005Before It Had a Name — Director of Photography
• Medium — Director of Photography
• 2005Missing in America — Director of Photography
• 2003Asmalı Konak: Hayat — Director of Photography
• 2003Happy End — Director of Photography
• 2003Testosterone — Director of Photography
• 2001'R Xmas — Director of Photography
• 2000It Had to Be You — Director of Photography
• 1999Invisible Child — Director of Photography
• 1999New Rose Hotel — The Expeditor, Director of Photography
• 1998A Brooklyn State of Mind — Director of Photography
• 1998Montana — Director of Photography
• 1998Rear Window — Director of Photography
• 1998Susan's Plan — Casino Pit Boss, Director of Photography
• 1998The Impostors — Director of Photography
• 1997Every 9 Seconds — Director of Photography
• 1997Subway Stories — Director of Photography
• 1997The Blackout — Director of Photography
• 1996Big Night — Director of Photography
• 1996Killer: A Journal of Murder — Director of Photography
• 1996The Funeral — Director of Photography
• 1996The Prosecutors — Director of Photography
• 1995Condition Red — Director of Photography
• 1995The Addiction — Director of Photography
• 1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker — Director of Photography
• 1994Drop Squad — Director of Photography
• 1993Dangerous Game — Camera Operator (uncredited), Director of Photography
• 1992Bad Lieutenant — Director of Photography
• 1992Killer Dead — Director of Photography
• 1986Spookies — Director of Photography
• 1982In Our Water — Additional Camera
• 1979Don't Go in the House
• 1979The Driller Killer — Director of Photography
• Manson Girls — Director of Photography

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2019Twisted Tale: The Unmaking of Spookies — Himself