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.
Bright Leaves
as Himself - Narrator (voice)Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern...
Movie pageSherman's March
as HimselfRoss McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's...
Movie pageWho Is Henry Jaglom?
as SelfHailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema,...
Movie pageTime Indefinite
as HimselfAfter documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother...
Movie pagePhotographic Memory
as HimselfDistressed over his teenaged son's addiction to the Internet and fearful that the developing boy...
Movie pageSix O'Clock News
as HimselfFilmmaker Ross McElwee trails characters whose stories have been fodder for television news and...
Movie pageCharleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
as HimselfIn Charleen, documentarian Ross McElwee looks at the life of a North Carolina poet and teacher...
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