Camera
Frederick Elmes
EN cinema · 65 credits
Born
4 November 1946 (age 79)
Birthplace
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Fred Elmes · Fredrick Elmes
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
as Self, Director of Photography
Father Mother Sister Brother
Director of Photography
The Jesus Rolls
Director of Photography
The Dead Don't Die
Director of Photography
Wilson
Director of Photography
Hair
Director of Photography
Paterson
Director of Photography
Horns
Director of Photography
A Late Quartet
Director of Photography
Brothers
Director of Photography
Bride Wars
Director of Photography
A Dog Year
Director of Photography
Synecdoche, New York
Director of Photography
The Namesake
Director of Photography
Edge of Outside
as Self
Broken Flowers
Director of Photography
Coffee and Cigarettes
Director of Photography
Kinsey
Director of Photography
Hulk
Director of Photography
Trapped
Director of Photography
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Director of Photography
Chosen
Director of Photography
Storytelling
Director of Photography
Chain of Fools
Director of Photography
Ride with the Devil
Director of Photography
The Wedding
Director of Photography
The Ice Storm
Director of Photography
Coffee and Cigarettes III
Director of Photography
In the Gloaming
Director of Photography
Reckless
Director of Photography
Trial by Jury
Director of Photography
The Saint of Fort Washington
Director of Photography
Visions of Light
as Self
Night on Earth
Director of Photography
Wild at Heart
Director of Photography
Cold Dog Soup
Director of Photography
Hollywood Mavericks
Director of Photography
Permanent Record
Director of Photography
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Director of Photography
Moonwalker
Director of Photography
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Director of Photography
Aria
Director of Photography
Heaven
Director of Photography
Blue Velvet
Director of Photography
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Camera Technician, Director of Photography
River's Edge
Director of Photography
Real Genius
Second Unit Director of Photography
Broken Rainbow
Cinematography
Red Dawn
Second Unit Director of Photography
Dune
Second Unit Director of Photography
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
1983
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
Director of Photography
Valley Girl
Director of Photography
Modern Romance
Camera Operator
Eraserhead
Director of Photography, Special Effects
Young Lady Chatterley
Camera Operator
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Camera Operator
In the Region of Ice
Additional Photography
A Woman Under the Influence
Assistant Camera
The Amputee
Director of Photography
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
Assistant Camera
Street Scenes 1970
Director of Photography, Director, Camera Operator