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Ross McElwee
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🎂 July 21, 1947 · 79📍 Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Biography
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.
BODY OF WORK
Ross McElwee's Filmography
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Remake
2026⭐ 8.0
as Self
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Photographic Memory
2011⭐ 5.8
as Himself
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Bright Leaves
2004⭐ 7.0
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997⭐ 6.8
as Self
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Six O'Clock News
1997⭐ 6.5
as Himself
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Time Indefinite
1993⭐ 7.0
as Himself
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No Poster
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Something to Do with the Wall
1991⭐ 7.5
as Narrator
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Sherman's March
1986⭐ 6.3
as Self
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Backyard
1984⭐ 6.2
as Himself
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Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
1977⭐ 7.5
as Himself