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Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee

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.

On screen

  • Remake
  • Photographic Memory
  • Bright Leaves
  • Six O'Clock News
  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?
  • Time Indefinite
  • Sherman's March
  • Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

Behind the camera

  • Remake
  • Photographic Memory
  • Bright Leaves
  • Six O'Clock News
  • Time Indefinite
  • Sherman's March
  • Space Coast
  • Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
  • 20,000 Missing Persons

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