Frederick Elmes

Cinematographer

Frederick Elmes, A.S.C. (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer who has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography twice, for Wild at Heart and Night on Earth. Born in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Elmes studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology, 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. Since then the two have collaborated on such films as Blue Velvet, and Wild at Heart.

Born: November 4, 1946 (Age 78) in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Mysteries of Love Movie	7	Actor	Self	2002
Visions of Light Movie	7.5	Actor	Self	1992
Edge of Outside Movie	6.9	Actor	Self	2006
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch Movie		Actor	Self	1990
A Dog Year Movie	6.2	Directing	Director of Photography	2009
A Late Quartet Movie	7	Directing	Director of Photography	2012
A Woman Under the Influence Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	8.1	Camera	Assistant Camera	1974
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	4.4	Directing	Camera Technician, Director of Photography, Cinematography	1986
Aria Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	5.5	Directing	Director of Photography	1987
Blue Velvet Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	7.9	Directing	Director of Photography	1986
Bride Wars Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	5.7	Directing	Director of Photography	2009
Broken Flowers Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Directing	Director of Photography	2005
Broken Rainbow Movie	6.6	Crew	Cinematography	1985
Brothers Movie	6.9	Directing	Director of Photography	2009
Chain of Fools Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	5.8	Directing	Director of Photography	2001
Coffee and Cigarettes Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	7.1	Directing	Director of Photography	2004
Cold Dog Soup Movie	5.4	Directing	Director of Photography	1990
Dune Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.5	Directing	Second Unit Director of Photography	1984
Eraserhead Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7.5	Directing	Director of Photography, Special Effects	1977
The Jesus Rolls Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	4.6	Directing	Director of Photography	2019
Heaven Movie	6.5	Directing	Director of Photography	1987
Horns Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.2	Directing	Director of Photography	2013
Hulk Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	5.4	Directing	Director of Photography	2003
Kinsey Movie	7	Directing	Director of Photography	2004
Modern Romance Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.9	Camera	Camera Operator	1981
Moonwalker Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.3	Directing	Cinematography, Director of Photography	1988
Night on Earth Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	7.9	Directing	Director of Photography	1991
Paterson Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Directing	Director of Photography	2016
Permanent Record Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.3	Directing	Director of Photography	1988
Real Genius Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.1	Directing	Second Unit Director of Photography	1985
Reckless Movie	5	Directing	Director of Photography	1995
Red Dawn Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.5	Directing	Second Unit Director of Photography	1984
Ride with the Devil Movie	6.6	Directing	Director of Photography	1999
River's Edge Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.8	Directing	Director of Photography	1986
Storytelling Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.7	Directing	Director of Photography	2001
Synecdoche, New York Movie	7.4	Directing	Director of Photography	2008
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet Movie	6.9	Directing	Director of Photography	2002
The Ice Storm Movie	7.4	Directing	Director of Photography	1997
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	7.5	Camera	Camera Operator	1976
The Namesake Movie	7.3	Directing	Director of Photography	2006
The Saint of Fort Washington Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.2	Directing	Cinematography, Director of Photography	1993
Trapped Movie	5.9	Directing	Director of Photography	2002
Trial by Jury Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	5.3	Directing	Director of Photography	1994
Valley Girl Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	6.5	Directing	Director of Photography	1983
Wild at Heart Movie	7.4	Directing	Director of Photography	1990
Wilson Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	5.6	Directing	Director of Photography	2017
Young Lady Chatterley Movie	5	Camera	Camera Operator	1977
Hollywood Mavericks Movie	6.7	Directing	Director of Photography	1990
The Dead Don't Die Movie Available on 18 streaming services.	5.3	Directing	Director of Photography	2019
The Cowboy and the Frenchman Movie	6	Directing	Director of Photography	1988
Father Mother Sister Brother Movie		Directing	Director of Photography
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein Movie		Directing	Director of Photography	1983
Chosen Short Film	6.6	Directing	Director of Photography	2001
Coffee and Cigarettes III Short Film	7.4	Directing	Director of Photography	1993
The Amputee Short Film	5.3	Directing	Director of Photography	1974
In the Region of Ice Short Film	6.9	Camera	Additional Photography	1976
Hair Short Film	6.8	Directing	Director of Photography	2017
French Water Short Film	5.3	Directing	Director of Photography	2021
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 Movie	6.9	Directing	Director of Photography	1987
In the Gloaming Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.2	Directing	Director of Photography	1997
The Wedding Movie	5.9	Directing	Director of Photography	1998
Olive Kitteridge Limited Series Available on 3 streaming services.	8.1	Directing	Director of Photography 4 Episodes	2014-2014
The Night Of Limited Series Available on 3 streaming services.	8.3	Directing	Director of Photography 4 Episodes	2016-2016
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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