Ross McElwee
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing14
movieRemake
2026
Director
moviePhotographic Memory
2011
Director
In Paraguay
2008
Director
movieBright Leaves
2004
Director
movieSix O'Clock News
1997
Director
movieTime Indefinite
1993
Director
movieSherman's March
1985
Director
Backyard
1984
Director
movieSpace Coast
1979
Director
movie20,000 Missing Persons
1974
Director
Camera14
moviePhotographic Memory
2011
Director of Photography
In Paraguay
2008
Director of Photography
movieBright Leaves
2004
Director of Photography
movieSix O'Clock News
1997
Director of Photography
movieTime Indefinite
1993
Director of Photography
Something to Do with the Wall
1991
Director of Photography
movieSherman's March
1985
Director of Photography
Backyard
1984
Director of Photography
movieN!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
1981
Director of Photography
Resident Exile
1981
Director of Photography
movieSpace Coast
1979
Director of Photography
movieCharleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
1977
Director of Photography
68 Albany Street
1976
Director of Photography
movie20,000 Missing Persons
1974
Director of Photography
Acting10
movieRemake
2026
Self
moviePhotographic Memory
2011
Himself
movieBright Leaves
2004
Himself - Narrator (voice)
movieSix O'Clock News
1997
Himself
movieTime Indefinite
1993
Himself
Backyard
1984
Himself
Production5
movieRemake
2026
Producer
movieBright Leaves
2004
Producer
No Vladimir
2000
Supervising Producer
movieSherman's March
1985
Producer
Editing4
Writing4
Crew2
movieSweetgrass
2009
Thanks
movieSherman's March
1985
Cinematography