Ross McElwee

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-07-21 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Ross McElwee

Biography

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.

Acting

1985

2011

1997

1993

Time Indefinite

as Himself

1984

Backyard

as Himself

2004

Bright Leaves

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

2025

Remake

as Self

Production

2004

Bright Leaves

as Director

1985

Sherman's March

as Director

1981

Resident Exile

as Producer

1981

1993

Time Indefinite

as Director

2011

1984

Backyard

as Director

1997

Six O'Clock News

as Director

1985

1997

1997

1985

Sherman's March

as Cinematography

1993

1979

Space Coast

as Director

1981

Resident Exile

as Director

1981

Resident Exile

as Director of Photography

2011

Photographic Memory

as Director of Photography

1993

Time Indefinite

as Director of Photography

2008

In Paraguay

as Director of Photography

1977

Energy War

as Director of Photography

1976

68 Albany Street

as Director

1974

20,000 Missing Persons

as Director of Photography

1991

Something to Do with the Wall

as Director of Photography

1979

Space Coast

as Director of Photography

1984

Backyard

as Director of Photography

1974

2004

Bright Leaves

as Director of Photography

1985

Sherman's March

as Director of Photography

2008

In Paraguay

as Director

1976

68 Albany Street

as Director of Photography

1977

1997

Six O'Clock News

as Director of Photography

2000

No Vladimir

as Supervising Producer

2009

Sweetgrass

as Thanks

2025

Remake

as Director

2025

Remake

as Editor

2025

Remake

as Producer

2004

Bright Leaves

as Editor

2004

Bright Leaves

as Producer

1981

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

as Director of Photography

1985

Sherman's March

as Producer

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