Ross McElwee
View on IMDb ↗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
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
Bright Leaves
Time Indefinite
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Sherman's March
Six O'Clock News
Photographic Memory
RemakeFilmography (10)
- 2026
RemakeSelf - 2011
Photographic MemoryHimself - 2004
Bright LeavesHimself - Narrator (voice) - 1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?Self - 1997
Six O'Clock NewsHimself - 1993
Time IndefiniteHimself - 1991Something to Do with the WallNarrator
- 1986
Sherman's MarchSelf - 1984BackyardHimself
- 1977
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?Himself
Crew (8)
- 2009SweetgrassThanks
- 2008In ParaguayDirector of Photography
- 2000No VladimirSupervising Producer
- 1981Resident ExileDirector of Photography
- 1981N!ai, The Story of a !Kung WomanDirector of Photography
- 1979Space CoastDirector of Photography
- 197668 Albany StreetDirector of Photography
- 197420,000 Missing PersonsDirector