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Ross McElwee

Editor, Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn July 21, 1947 (78 years)
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
  • Bright Leaves
  • Time Indefinite
  • Photographic Memory
  • Frontline
  • P.O.V.

Ross McElwee Filmography

2011
Photographic Memory · as Executive Producer
2007
Moving Midway · as Consulting Producer
2003
1993
1991
1985
1983
Frontline (TV Series)

2011
Photographic Memory · as Himself
2003
Bright Leaves · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1997
Six O'Clock News · as Himself
1995
1993
Time Indefinite · as Himself
1991
Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
1985
Sherman's March · as Self
1984
Backyard · as Himself
1977
Charleen · as Himself

1991
1983
Frontline (TV Series) · as Cast

2011
Photographic Memory · as Director Of Photography
2003
Bright Leaves · as Director Of Photography
1997
Six O'Clock News · as Director Of Photography
1993
Time Indefinite · as Director Of Photography
1991
Something to Do with the Wall · as Director Of Photography
1985
Sherman's March · as Director Of Photography
1984
Backyard · as Director Of Photography
1981
N!Ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman · as Director Of Photography
1977
Charleen · as Director Of Photography

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