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Ross McElwee

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.

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Directing

1974

[ ] 20,000 Missing Persons (Director)

1976

[ ] 68 Albany Street (Director)

1977

[ ] Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On? (Director)

1979

[ ] Space Coast (Director)

1981

[ ] Resident Exile (Director)

1984

[ ] Backyard (Director)

1985

[ ] Sherman's March (Director)

1991

[ ] Something to Do with the Wall (Director)

1993

[ ] Time Indefinite (Director)

1997

[ ] Six O'Clock News (Director)

2004

[ ] Bright Leaves (Director)

2008

[ ] In Paraguay (Director)

2011

[ ] Photographic Memory (Director)

2025

[ ] Remake (Director)

Production

1981

[ ] Resident Exile (Producer)

1985

[ ] Sherman's March (Producer)

2000

[ ] No Vladimir (Supervising Producer)

2004

[ ] Bright Leaves (Producer)

2025

[ ] Remake (Producer)

Editing

1981

[ ] Resident Exile (Editor)

1997

[ ] Six O'Clock News (Editor)

2004

[ ] Bright Leaves (Editor)

2025

[ ] Remake (Editor)

Writing

1985

[ ] Sherman's March (Writer)

1993

[ ] Time Indefinite (Writer)

1997

[ ] Six O'Clock News (Writer)

Crew

1985

[ ] Sherman's March (Cinematography)

2009

[ ] Sweetgrass (Thanks)

2010

[ ] Batman: The Final Victory (Thanks)

Camera

1974

[ ] 20,000 Missing Persons (Director of Photography)

1976

[ ] 68 Albany Street (Director of Photography)

1977

[ ] Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On? (Director of Photography)

1979

[ ] Space Coast (Director of Photography)

1981

[ ] Resident Exile (Director of Photography)
[ ] N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman (Director of Photography)

1984

[ ] Backyard (Director of Photography)

1985

[ ] Sherman's March (Director of Photography)

1991

[ ] Something to Do with the Wall (Director of Photography)

1993

[ ] Time Indefinite (Director of Photography)

1997

[ ] Six O'Clock News (Director of Photography)

2004

[ ] Bright Leaves (Director of Photography)

2008

[ ] In Paraguay (Director of Photography)

2011

[ ] Photographic Memory (Director of Photography)

Actor

1977

[ ] Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On? (Himself)

1984

[ ] Backyard (Himself)

1985

[ ] Sherman's March (Self)

1991

[ ] Something to Do with the Wall (Narrator)

1993

[ ] Time Indefinite (Himself)

1997

[ ] Six O'Clock News (Himself)
[ ] Who Is Henry Jaglom? (Self)

2004

[ ] Bright Leaves (Himself - Narrator (voice))

2011

[ ] Photographic Memory (Himself)

2025

[ ] Remake (Self)