Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee

ActorDirectorEditorProducerCinematographer Jul 21 (age 78) Charlotte, North Carolina, USA 1974–2025 (51 year career)

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Biography

Ross McElwee is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, and Harvard professor, known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episodic journey of some sort. McElwee is a 1971 graduate of Brown University, and received his MS from MIT in 1977. He received the Career Award at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Known For

Sherman's March

Sherman's March

Self

Sweetgrass

Sweetgrass

Thanks

Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Time Indefinite

Time Indefinite

Himself

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Self

Photographic Memory

Photographic Memory

Himself

Six O'Clock News

Six O'Clock News

Himself

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (10)

Movies (10)

Remake

Remake

as Self

Photographic Memory

Photographic Memory

as Himself

Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

as Self

Six O'Clock News

Six O'Clock News

as Himself

Time Indefinite

Time Indefinite

as Himself

Something to Do with the Wall

as Narrator

Sherman's March

Sherman's March

as Self

Backyard

as Himself

Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

as Himself

Crew (44)

Movies (44)

Remake

Remake

Director

Remake

Remake

Editor

Remake

Remake

Producer

Photographic Memory

Photographic Memory

Director

Photographic Memory

Photographic Memory

Director of Photography

Batman: The Final Victory

Thanks

Sweetgrass

Sweetgrass

Thanks

In Paraguay

Director

In Paraguay

Director of Photography

Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

Director

Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

Director of Photography

Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

Editor

Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

Producer

Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

Writer

No Vladimir

Supervising Producer

Six O'Clock News

Six O'Clock News

Director

Six O'Clock News

Six O'Clock News

Director of Photography

Six O'Clock News

Six O'Clock News

Editor

Six O'Clock News

Six O'Clock News

Writer

Time Indefinite

Time Indefinite

Director

Time Indefinite

Time Indefinite

Director of Photography

Time Indefinite

Time Indefinite

Writer

Something to Do with the Wall

Director

Something to Do with the Wall

Director of Photography

Sherman's March

Sherman's March

Cinematography

Sherman's March

Sherman's March

Director

Sherman's March

Sherman's March

Director of Photography

Sherman's March

Sherman's March

Producer

Sherman's March

Sherman's March

Writer

Backyard

Director

Backyard

Director of Photography

Resident Exile

Director

Resident Exile

Director of Photography

Resident Exile

Editor

Resident Exile

Producer

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

Director of Photography

Space Coast

Space Coast

Director

Space Coast

Space Coast

Director of Photography

Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

Director

Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

Director of Photography

68 Albany Street

Director

68 Albany Street

Director of Photography

20,000 Missing Persons

Director

20,000 Missing Persons

Director of Photography