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.
2026RemakeMovieas Self · Editor · Producer · Director · Director of Photography · Writer
2011Photographic MemoryMovieas Himself · Director · Director of Photography · Executive Producer · Writer
2009SweetgrassMovieThanks
2004Bright LeavesMovieas Himself - Narrator (voice) · Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Producer · Writer
1997Who Is Henry Jaglom?Movieas Self
1997Six O'Clock NewsMovieas Himself · Director · Writer · Editor · Director of Photography
1993Time IndefiniteMovieas Himself · Director · Writer · Director of Photography
1988POVTV showas Self · Director · Writer · Producer · Editor · Cinematography · 1 episodes
1986Sherman's MarchMovieas Self · Director · Writer · Cinematography · Director of Photography · Producer · Sound
1981N!ai, The Story of a !Kung WomanMovieDirector of Photography1979Space CoastMovieDirector · Director of Photography
1977Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?Movieas Himself · Director · Director of Photography197420,000 Missing PersonsMovieDirector of Photography · Director