Ross McElwee

Born: 1947-07-21

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.


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Bright Leaves

as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2004-04-28

Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern...

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Sherman's March

as Himself
Released: 1985-11-13

Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's...

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Who Is Henry Jaglom?

as Self
Released: 1997-07-08

Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema,...

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Time Indefinite

as Himself
Released: 1993-05-12

After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother...

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Six O'Clock News

as Himself
Released: 1997-01-20

Filmmaker Ross McElwee trails characters whose stories have been fodder for television news and...

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Photographic Memory

as Himself
Released: 2011-09-04

Distressed over his teenaged son's addiction to the Internet and fearful that the developing boy...

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Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

as Himself
Released: 1977-01-01

In Charleen, documentarian Ross McElwee looks at the life of a North Carolina poet and teacher...

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