Frederick Elmes
Age: N/A | From: Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Fred Elmes , Fredrick Elmes
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Homepage: http://www.fredelmes.com/
Movie Involvements: 63
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
Frederick Elmes, ASC (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement. He is a long-time collaborator of directors David Lynch, Ang Lee, Charlie Kaufman, Jim Jarmusch, and Todd Solondz. He has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography twice, for Wild at Heart (1990) and Night on Earth (1991), and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series for The Night Of (2016). Born in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Elmes studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and 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 (1977). Since then the two have collaborated on Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). Elmes is also a frequent collaborator with directors Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch. Elmes has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederick Elmes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Dune
(1984) Second Unit Director of Photography
Hulk
(2003) Director of Photography
Brothers
(2009) Director of Photography
Blue Velvet
(1986) Director of Photography
Red Dawn
(1984) Second Unit Director of Photography
Broken Flowers
(2005) Director of Photography
The Night Of
(2016) Director of Photography
Moonwalker
(1988) Director of PhotographyActing
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| 2006 | Self | |
| 2002 | Self | |
| 1992 | Self | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
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Camera
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| 2021 | Director of Photography | |
| 2019 | Director of Photography | |
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| 2017 | Director of Photography | |
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| 2016 | Director of Photography | |
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| 2014 | Director of Photography | |
| 2013 | Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | Director of Photography | |
| 2009 | Director of Photography | |
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| 2008 | Director of Photography | |
| 2006 | Director of Photography | |
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| 1999 | Director of Photography | |
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| 1995 | Director of Photography | |
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| 1991 | Director of Photography | |
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| 1988 | Director of Photography | |
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| 1987 | Director of Photography | |
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| 1986 | Camera Technician | |
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| 1985 | Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| 1984 | Second Unit Director of Photography | |
| Second Unit Director of Photography | ||
| 1983 | Director of Photography | |
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| 1981 | Camera Operator | |
| 1978 | Director of Photography | |
| 1977 | Camera Operator | |
| 1976 | Additional Photography | |
| Camera Operator | ||
| 1974 | Assistant Camera | |
| Director of Photography | ||
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Cinematography | |
| 1985 | Cinematography | |
| 1978 | Special Effects | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
