Frederick Elmes
Born: 1946-11-04 in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Camera
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.
Filmography
2025
- Father Mother Sister Brother ... (Director of Photography)
- I Know Catherine, the Log Lady as Self
2021
- French Water ... (Director of Photography)
2019
- The Dead Don't Die ... (Director of Photography)
- The Jesus Rolls ... (Director of Photography)
2016
- The Night Of ... (Director of Photography)
- Paterson ... (Director of Photography)
2014
- Olive Kitteridge ... (Director of Photography)
2013
- Horns ... (Director of Photography)
2012
- A Late Quartet ... (Director of Photography)
2009
- Brothers ... (Director of Photography)
- Bride Wars ... (Director of Photography)
- A Dog Year ... (Director of Photography)
2008
- Synecdoche, New York ... (Director of Photography)
2006
- Edge of Outside as Self
- The Namesake ... (Director of Photography)
2005
- Broken Flowers ... (Director of Photography)
2004
- Kinsey ... (Director of Photography)
- Coffee and Cigarettes ... (Director of Photography)
- Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2003
- Hulk ... (Director of Photography)
2002
- Trapped ... (Director of Photography)
- Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet ... (Director of Photography)
- Mysteries of Love as Self
2001
- Storytelling ... (Director of Photography)
- Chain of Fools ... (Director of Photography)
- Chosen ... (Director of Photography)
1999
- Ride with the Devil ... (Director of Photography)
1998
- The Wedding ... (Director of Photography)
1997
- The Ice Storm ... (Director of Photography)
- In the Gloaming ... (Director of Photography)
- Coffee and Cigarettes III ... (Director of Photography)
1995
- Reckless ... (Director of Photography)
1994
- Trial by Jury ... (Director of Photography)
1993
- The Saint of Fort Washington ... (Director of Photography)
1992
- Visions of Light as Self
1991
- Night on Earth ... (Director of Photography)
1990
- Hollywood Mavericks ... (Director of Photography)
- Wild at Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- Cold Dog Soup ... (Director of Photography)
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
1988
- Permanent Record ... (Director of Photography)
- Moonwalker ... (Director of Photography)
- The Cowboy and the Frenchman ... (Director of Photography)
1987
- Heaven ... (Director of Photography)
- Aria ... (Director of Photography)
- Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 ... (Director of Photography)
1986
- Blue Velvet ... (Director of Photography)
- Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold ... (Camera Technician)
- River's Edge ... (Director of Photography)
1985
- Real Genius ... (Second Unit Director of Photography)
- Broken Rainbow ... (Cinematography)
1984
1983
- Valley Girl ... (Director of Photography)
- Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein ... (Director of Photography)
1981
- Modern Romance ... (Camera Operator)
1977
- Eraserhead ... (Director of Photography)
- Young Lady Chatterley ... (Camera Operator)
1976
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie ... (Camera Operator)
- In the Region of Ice ... (Additional Photography)
1974
- A Woman Under the Influence ... (Assistant Camera)
- The Amputee ... (Director of Photography)
- The Amputee ... (Director of Photography)
1972
- Invasion of the Blood Farmers ... (Assistant Camera)