Frederick Elmes
b. 1946 (age 80)
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Cinematographer
Frederick Elmes, A.S.C. (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer who has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography twice, for Wild at Heart and Night on Earth. Born in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Elmes studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology, 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. Since then the two have collaborated on such films as Blue Velvet, and Wild at Heart.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 6.5
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
French Water
2021 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
The Dead Don't Die
2019 Cinematographer
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★ 4.4
The Jesus Rolls
2019 Cinematographer
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Jim Jarmusch, poemes sur pellicule
2018 Self
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★ 5.9
Wilson
2017 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
Hair
2017 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
Paterson
2016 Cinematographer
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The Making of Eraserhead
2014 Self
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★ 6.4
Horns
2013 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
A Late Quartet
2012 Cinematographer
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★ 5.0
A. Hitler
2010 Cinematographer
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★ 5.2
House Keeping
2010 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Brothers
2009 Cinematographer
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★ 5.5
Bride Wars
2009 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
A Dog Year
2009 Cinematographer
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★ 7.5
Synecdoche, New York
2008 Cinematographer
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★ 7.7
Farmhouse: Jim Jarmusch at Work
2008 Self
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★ 7.5
The Namesake
2006 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Edge of Outside
2006 Self
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★ 7.1
Broken Flowers
2005 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Kinsey
2004 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
Hulk
2003 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
Coffee and Cigarettes
2003 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
Trapped
2002 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Storytelling
2001 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Chosen
2001 Cinematographer
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We Care About New York
2001 Cinematographer
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★ 6.0
Chain of Fools
2000 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Ride with the Devil
1999 Cinematographer
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★ 6.2
The Wedding
1998 Cinematographer
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★ 7.3
The Ice Storm
1997 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
In the Gloaming
1997 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
The Empty Mirror
1996 Cinematographer
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★ 5.2
Reckless
1995 Cinematographer
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★ 5.4
Trial by Jury
1994 Cinematographer
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★ 7.6
Coffee and Cigarettes III
1993 Cinematographer
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★ 7.0
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993 Cinematographer
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★ 7.6
Night on Earth
1991 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
Wild at Heart
1990 Cinematographer
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★ 5.6
Cold Dog Soup
1990 Cinematographer
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★ 6.9
Hollywood Mavericks
1990 Cinematographer
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★ 7.1
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990 Self
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★ 5.7
Yves Saint Laurent: Opium
1990 Cinematographer
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★ 6.1
Moonwalker
1988 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
Permanent Record
1988 Cinematographer
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★ 6.6
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set
1988 Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
Aria
1987 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Heaven
1987 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987 Cinematographer
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★ 3.4
The 1987 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards
1987 Self
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★ 7.7
Blue Velvet
1986 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
River's Edge
1986 Cinematographer
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★ 4.6
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 Cinematographer
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★ 6.7
Broken Rainbow
1985 Cinematographer
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A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
1985 Cinematographer
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★ 6.4
Valley Girl
1983 Cinematographer
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Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
1983 Cinematographer
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★ 7.2
Eraserhead
1977 Cinematographer
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★ 4.0
Breakfast in Bed
1977 Cinematographer
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★ 6.8
Number One
1976 Cinematographer
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★ 5.5
The Amputee
1974 Cinematographer
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★ 6.5
Street Scenes
1970 Cinematographer