Frederick Elmes
Personal Info
Know For
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-11-04 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Also known As
Fred Elmes
Fredrick Elmes
Frederick Elmes
Biography
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, gra...
Acting
Production
1977
as Director of Photography
2005
as Director of Photography
1991
as Director of Photography
1990
as Director of Photography
1986
as Director of Photography
2003
as Director of Photography
2004
as Director of Photography
2004
as Director of Photography
2008
as Director of Photography
2002
as Director of Photography
2009
as Director of Photography
1986
as Camera Technician
2021
as Director of Photography
1988
as Director of Photography
1976
as Camera Operator
1976
as Additional Photography
1984
as Second Unit Director of Photography
1986
as Cinematography
1983
as Director of Photography
1987
as Director of Photography
1974
as Assistant Camera
1990
as Director of Photography
1977
as Special Effects
1997
as Director of Photography
1999
as Director of Photography
1997
as Director of Photography
2001
as Director of Photography
1986
as Director of Photography
1995
as Director of Photography
1997
as Director of Photography
1988
as Director of Photography
1985
as Second Unit Director of Photography
1983
as Director of Photography
2013
as Director of Photography
2016
as Director of Photography
1994
as Director of Photography
2012
as Director of Photography
1977
as Camera Operator
2006
as Director of Photography
2017
as Director of Photography
1974
as Director of Photography
2025
as Director of Photography
1988
as Director of Photography
1993
as Director of Photography
1987
as Director of Photography
1985
as Cinematography
1984
as Second Unit Director of Photography
2001
as Director of Photography
1981
as Camera Operator
1998
as Director of Photography
2019
as Director of Photography
1986
as Director of Photography
2009
as Director of Photography
2019
as Director of Photography
1990
as Director of Photography
2001
as Director of Photography
2002
as Director of Photography
2017
as Director of Photography
2009
as Director of Photography
1987
as Director of Photography
1972
as Assistant Camera
2025
as Cinematography
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