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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

52

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-07-21 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As

Ross McElwee

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

Acting

Sherman's March

1985

Sherman's March

as

Self

Photographic Memory

2011

Photographic Memory

as

Himself

Time Indefinite

1993

Time Indefinite

as

Himself

Six O'Clock News

1997

Six O'Clock News

as

Himself

Backyard

1984

Backyard

as

Himself

Bright Leaves

2004

Bright Leaves

as

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Remake

2025

Remake

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing