Ken Russell only directed a 1955 American science fiction-horror film.
Elgar is a drama documentary made in 1962 by the British director Ken Russell . Ken Russell . Russell also directed several films based on the lives of classical music composers , such as Elgar , Delius , Tchaikovsky , Mahler , and Liszt . Lisztomania is a 1975 film by Ken Russell about the nineteenth century composer Franz Liszt . Mahler is a 1974 biographical film based on the life of composer Gustav Mahler . It was written and directed by Ken Russell for Goodtimes Enterprises , and starred Robert Powell as Gustav Mahler and Georgina Hale as Alma Mahler . Song of Summer is a 1968 black-and-white television film written , produced and directed by Ken Russell for the BBC 's Omnibus series which was first broadcast on 15 September 1968 . The Music Lovers is a 1970 British drama film directed by Ken Russell .