Director
Ross McElwee
79 years · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA · 11 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 11
Remake
2026 · Self, Director
Photographic Memory
2011 · Himself, Director
On OVID
Bright Leaves
2004 · Himself - Narrator (voice), Director
On OVID
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997 · Self
Six O'Clock News
1997 · Himself, Director
On OVID
Time Indefinite
1993 · Himself, Director
On OVID
Sherman's March
1986 · Self, Director
N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
1981 · Cinematography
On Kanopy
Space Coast
1979 · Director, Cinematography
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
1977 · Himself, Director
On Kanopy
20,000 Missing Persons
1974 · Director, Cinematography