Frederick Elmes

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Frederick Elmes

Camera 79 November 4, 1946

Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA

Frederick Elmes, ASC (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement. He is a long-time collaborator of direct…

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Hulk

Hulk

5.6 2003 Movie
Brothers

Brothers

7.3 2009 Movie
Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

7.6 1986 Movie
Dune

Dune

6.2 1984 Movie
Bride Wars

Bride Wars

6.2 2009 Movie
The Dead Don't Die

The Dead Don't Die

5.4 2019 Movie
Eraserhead

Eraserhead

7.3 1977 Movie
Horns

Horns

6.3 2013 Movie
Paterson

Paterson

7.1 2016 Movie
Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart

7.0 1990 Movie
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

7.5 2008 Movie
Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers

6.9 2005 Movie

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Frederick Elmes, ASC (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement. He is a long-time collaborator of directors David Lynch, Ang Lee, Charlie Kaufman, Jim Jarmusch, and Todd Solondz. He has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography twice, for Wild at Heart (1990) and Night on Earth (1991), and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series for The Night Of (2016). Born in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Elmes studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and then attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, graduating in 1972. He enrolled in the Graduate Film Program at New York University's Department of Film and Television and graduated in 1975. At the American Film Institute, Elmes met aspiring film director David Lynch, who hired him for Eraserhead (1977). Since then the two have collaborated on Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). Elmes is also a frequent collaborator with directors Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch. Elmes has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederick Elmes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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  1. 2026
    I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

    Movie Self

  2. 2025
    Father Mother Sister Brother

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2020
    Hunters

    TV show Director of Photography

  4. 2019
    The Jesus Rolls

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 2019
    The Dead Don't Die

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2017
    Hair

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2017
    Wilson

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2016
    Paterson

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2016
    The Night Of

    TV show Director of Photography

  10. 2014
    Olive Kitteridge

    TV show Director of Photography

  11. 2013
    Horns

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 2012
    A Late Quartet

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2009
    Brothers

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 2009
    A Dog Year

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 2009
    Bride Wars

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 2008
    Synecdoche, New York

    Movie Director of Photography

More credits
  1. 2006
    The Namesake

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2006
    Edge of Outside

    Movie Self

  3. 2005
    Broken Flowers

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2004
    Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

    Movie

  5. 2004
    Kinsey

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2004
    Coffee and Cigarettes

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2003
    Hulk

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2002
    Trapped

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2002
    Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 2002
    Mysteries of Love

    Movie Self

  11. 2001
    Storytelling

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 2001
    Chain of Fools

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2001
    Chosen

    Movie Director of Photography

  14. 1999
    Ride with the Devil

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 1998
    The Wedding

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 1997
    The Ice Storm

    Movie Director of Photography

  17. 1997
    In the Gloaming

    Movie Director of Photography

  18. 1997
    Coffee and Cigarettes III

    Movie Director of Photography

  19. 1995
    Reckless

    Movie Director of Photography

  20. 1994
    Trial by Jury

    Movie Director of Photography

  21. 1993
    The Saint of Fort Washington

    Movie Director of Photography

  22. 1992
    Visions of Light

    Movie Self

  23. 1991
    Night on Earth

    Movie Director of Photography

  24. 1990
    Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

    Movie Self