About
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.
Filmography
Remake2026 · Director, Producer, Editor
Photographic Memory2011 · Director, Director of Photography
Sweetgrass2009 · Thanks
In Paraguay2008 · Director, Director of Photography
Bright Leaves2004 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer
No Vladimir2000 · Supervising Producer
Six O'Clock News1997 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Time Indefinite1993 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Something to Do with the Wall1991 · Director, Director of Photography
Sherman's March1985 · Director, Writer, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound
Backyard1984 · Director, Director of Photography
N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman1981 · Director of Photography
Resident Exile1981 · Producer, Editor, Director, Director of Photography
Space Coast1979 · Director, Director of Photography
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?1977 · Director, Director of Photography
68 Albany Street1976 · Director, Director of Photography
20,000 Missing Persons1974 · Director, Director of Photography