Ross McElwee
Directing
July 21, 1947 (79 years old)
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
11
Acting Credits
15
Directed
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.
Known For
Filmography
Remake
2026
as Self
Photographic Memory
2011
as Himself
5.8
Bright Leaves
2004
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
7
Six O'Clock News
1997
as Himself
6.5
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
6.8
Time Indefinite
1993
as Himself
7
Something to Do with the Wall
1991
as Narrator
7.5
POV
1988
as Self
6.9
Sherman's March
1986
as Self
6.3
Backyard
1984
as Himself
6.2
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
1977
as Himself
7.5