Ross McElwee
Known for: Directing
Born: July 21, 1947
Place of birth: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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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Filmography
18 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
NR
Remake
2026
5.8
Photographic Memory
2011
6.7
Sweetgrass
2009NR
In Paraguay
2008
7.0
Bright Leaves
20048.0
No Vladimir
2000
6.8
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
6.5
Six O'Clock News
1997
7.0
Time Indefinite
19937.5
Something to Do with the Wall
1991
6.3
Sherman's March
19866.2
Backyard
1984
6.8
N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
19818.0
Resident Exile
1981
7.0
Space Coast
1979
7.5
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
19778.0
68 Albany Street
1976
7.0
20,000 Missing Persons
1974