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Director
Ross McElwee
- Born July 21, 1947 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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 March1986
Sweetgrass2009
Bright Leaves2004
POV1988
Time Indefinite1993
Photographic Memory2011
Six O'Clock News1997
N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman1981
Filmography
- 2026RemakeFilmSelf, Editor, Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Writer
- 2011Photographic MemoryFilmHimself, Director, Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Writer
- 2009SweetgrassFilmThanks
- 2008In ParaguayFilmDirector, Director of Photography
- 2004Bright LeavesFilmHimself - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer
- 2000No VladimirFilmSupervising Producer
- 1997Six O'Clock NewsFilmHimself, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- 1997Who Is Henry Jaglom?FilmSelf
- 1993Time IndefiniteFilmHimself, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 1991Something to Do with the WallFilmNarrator, Director, Director of Photography
- 1988POVSeriesSelf, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
- 1986Sherman's MarchFilmSelf, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound
- 1984BackyardFilmHimself, Director, Director of Photography
- 1981N!ai, The Story of a !Kung WomanFilmDirector of Photography
- 1981Resident ExileFilmProducer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
- 1979Space CoastFilmDirector, Director of Photography
- 1977Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?FilmHimself, Director, Director of Photography
- 197668 Albany StreetFilmDirector, Director of Photography
- 197420,000 Missing PersonsFilmDirector of Photography, Director