- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Ross McElwee
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.
Filmography
movieRemake
2026 · Self, Director, Producer, Editor
moviePhotographic Memory
2011 · Himself, Director, Director of Photography
movieSweetgrass
2009 · Thanks
In Paraguay
movieIn Paraguay
2008 · Director, Director of Photography
movieBright Leaves
2004 · Himself - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer
No Vladimir
movieNo Vladimir
2000 · Supervising Producer
movieWho Is Henry Jaglom?
1997 · Self
movieSix O'Clock News
1997 · Himself, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
movieTime Indefinite
1993 · Himself, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Something to Do with the Wall
movieSomething to Do with the Wall
1991 · Narrator, Director, Director of Photography
movieSherman's March
1985 · Self, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound
Backyard
movieBackyard
1984 · Himself, Director, Director of Photography
movieN!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
1981 · Director of Photography
Resident Exile
movieResident Exile
1981 · Producer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
movieSpace Coast
1979 · Director, Director of Photography
movieCharleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
1977 · Himself, Director, Director of Photography
68 Albany Street
movie68 Albany Street
1976 · Director, Director of Photography
20,000 Missing Persons
movie20,000 Missing Persons
1974 · Director, Director of Photography