Directing · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA · Born July 21, 1947
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.
MovieRemake
2026
as Self
MoviePhotographic Memory
2011
as Himself
MovieBright Leaves
2004
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
MovieWho Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
MovieSix O'Clock News
1997
as Himself
MovieTime Indefinite
1993
as Himself
Something to Do with the Wall
1991
as Narrator
MovieSherman's March
1986
as Self
Backyard
1984
as Himself
MovieCharleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
1977
as Himself
