Ross McElwee
b. 1947 (age 79)
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Director
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ross McElwee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
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★ 7.8
Remake
2025 Self
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Defectors
2023 Cinematographer
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The 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards
2023 Self
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★ 6.9
Photographic Memory
2011 Self
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★ 8.7
In Paraguay
2008 Self
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★ 7.1
Bright Leaves
2003 Self
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★ 8.1
Camera Noise
2002 Self
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★ 7.7
Time Indefinite
1993 Director
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★ 7.5
Something to Do with the Wall
1991 Self
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Past Imperfect
1991 Director
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★ 8.1
P.O.V.
1988 Writer
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★ 7.2
Sherman's March
1985 Self
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★ 6.6
Backyard
1984 Self
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★ 8.6
Frontline
1983 Director
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★ 7.6
N!Ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman
1981 Cinematographer
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Resident Exile
1981 Director
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★ 7.6
Space Coast
1979 Self
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★ 7.3
Charleen
1977 Director
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68 Albany Street
1976 Director
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20, 000 Missing Persons
1974 Director
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