Director
Ross McElwee
10 movies as actor · 14 as director
Born Jul 21, 1947 (age 79)From 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.
Known for
Sherman's March
1986 · Documentary
Bright Leaves
2004 · Documentary
Time Indefinite
1993 · Documentary
Photographic Memory
2011 · Documentary
Six O'Clock News
1997 · Documentary
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997 · Documentary
Backyard
Backyard
1984 · Documentary
Something to Do with the Wall
Something to Do with the Wall
1991 · Documentary
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
1977 · Documentary
Remake
2026 · Documentary
Resident Exile
Resident Exile
1981 · Documentary
Space Coast
1979 · Documentary
Movies directed by Ross McElwee
Remake
2026
Photographic Memory
2011
In Paraguay
In Paraguay
2008
Bright Leaves
2004
Six O'Clock News
1997
Time Indefinite
1993
Something to Do with the Wall
Something to Do with the Wall
1991
Sherman's March
1986
Backyard
Backyard
1984
Resident Exile
Resident Exile
1981
Space Coast
1979
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
1977
68 Albany Street
68 Albany Street
1976
20,000 Missing Persons
1974
Ross McElwee as actor
Remake
2026 · Self
Photographic Memory
2011 · Himself
Bright Leaves
2004 · Himself - Narrator (voice)
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997 · Self
Six O'Clock News
1997 · Himself
Time Indefinite
1993 · Himself
Something to Do with the Wall
Something to Do with the Wall
1991 · Narrator
Sherman's March
1986 · Self
Backyard
Backyard
1984 · Himself
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
1977 · Himself
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