Frederick Elmes
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- November 4, 1946 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Frederick Elmes, ASC (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement. He is a long-time collaborator of directors David Lynch, Ang Lee, Charlie Kaufman, Jim Jarmusch, and Todd Solondz. He has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography twice, for Wild at Heart (1990) and Night on Earth (1991), and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series for The Night Of (2016). Born in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Elmes studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and 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 (1977). Since then the two have collaborated on Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). Elmes is also a frequent collaborator with directors Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch. Elmes has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederick Elmes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
Movie · Director of Photography
Father Mother Sister Brother
Movie · Director of Photography
The Girl from Plainville
TV · Director of Photography · 3 eps
Hunters
TV · Director of Photography · 1 ep
The Jesus Rolls
Movie · Director of Photography
The Dead Don't Die
Movie · Director of Photography
Wilson
Movie · Director of Photography
Hair
Movie · Director of Photography
Paterson
Movie · Director of Photography
The Night Of
TV · Director of Photography · 4 eps
Olive Kitteridge
TV · Director of Photography · 4 eps
Horns
Movie · Director of Photography
A Late Quartet
Movie · Director of Photography
Brothers
Movie · Director of Photography
Bride Wars
Movie · Director of Photography
A Dog Year
Movie · Director of Photography
Synecdoche, New York
Movie · Director of Photography
The Namesake
Movie · Director of Photography
Broken Flowers
Movie · Director of Photography
Coffee and Cigarettes
Movie · Director of Photography
Kinsey
Movie · Director of Photography
Hulk
Movie · Director of Photography
Trapped
Movie · Director of Photography
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Movie · Director of Photography
Chosen
Movie · Director of Photography
Storytelling
Movie · Director of Photography
Chain of Fools
Movie · Director of Photography
Ride with the Devil
Movie · Director of Photography
The Wedding
Movie · Director of Photography
The Ice Storm
Movie · Director of Photography
Coffee and Cigarettes III
Movie · Director of Photography
In the Gloaming
Movie · Director of Photography
Reckless
Movie · Director of Photography
Trial by Jury
Movie · Director of Photography
The Saint of Fort Washington
Movie · Director of Photography
Night on Earth
Movie · Director of Photography
Wild at Heart
Movie · Director of Photography
Cold Dog Soup
Movie · Director of Photography
Hollywood Mavericks
Movie · Director of Photography
Permanent Record
Movie · Director of Photography
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Movie · Director of Photography
Moonwalker
Movie · Director of Photography
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Movie · Director of Photography
Aria
Movie · Director of Photography
Heaven
Movie · Director of Photography
Blue Velvet
Movie · Director of Photography
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Movie · Camera Technician, Director of Photography
River's Edge
Movie · Director of Photography
Real Genius
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Red Dawn
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Dune
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
Movie · Director of Photography
Valley Girl
Movie · Director of Photography
Modern Romance
Movie · Camera Operator
Eraserhead
Movie · Director of Photography
Young Lady Chatterley
Movie · Camera Operator
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Movie · Camera Operator
In the Region of Ice
Movie · Additional Photography
A Woman Under the Influence
Movie · Assistant Camera
The Amputee
Movie · Director of Photography
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
Movie · Assistant Camera
Street Scenes 1970
Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator