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Frederick Elmes

Additional CreditsBorn November 4, 1946 (78 years)
Frederick Elmes, ASC (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement. He is a long-time collaborator of directors David Lynch, Ang Lee, Charlie Kaufman, Jim Jarmusch, and Todd Solondz. He has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography twice, for Wild at Heart (1990) and Night on Earth (1991), and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series for The Night Of (2016).

Born in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Elmes studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and then attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, graduating in 1972. He enrolled in the Graduate Film Program at New York University's Department of Film and Television and graduated in 1975.

At the American Film Institute, Elmes met aspiring film director David Lynch, who hired him for Eraserhead (1977). Since then the two have collaborated on Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). Elmes is also a frequent collaborator with directors Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch. Elmes has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1993.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Horns
  • The Jesus Rolls
  • Aria
  • Trial by Jury

Known For

  • Blue Velvet
  • Wild at Heart
  • The Night Of
  • Night on Earth
  • In the Gloaming

Filmography

2006
Edge of Outside · as Self
2005
2003
Il était une fois... (TV Series) · as Self
2002
1992
Visions of Light · as Self
1990

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