KEN RUSSELL
Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (Southampton, 3 July 1927) is an English film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films in the main were liberal adaptations of existing texts, or biographies, notably of composers of the Romantic era. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he made creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. He also directed many feature films independently and for studios. He is best known for his Oscar-winning films "Women in Love" (1969), "The Devils" (1971), and for "The Music Lovers" (1971). Russell also directed several films based on the lives of classical music composers, such as Elgar, Delius, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, and Liszt.