Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee

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.

  • Popularity : 0.309
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1947-07-21
  • Place of Birth : Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Ross McElwee Movies

  • 1991
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    Something to Do with the Wall

    Something to Do with the Wall

    7 1991 HD

    In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing...

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  • 1985
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    Sherman's March

    Sherman's March

    6.9 1985 HD

    Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's march of destruction through the South during the Civil...

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  • 2011
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    Photographic Memory

    Photographic Memory

    5.5 2011 HD

    Distressed over his teenaged son's addiction to the Internet and fearful that the developing boy has grown detached from the real world, documentary...

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  • 1993
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    Time Indefinite

    Time Indefinite

    6.9 1993 HD

    After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies...

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  • 1977
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    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    8 1977 HD

    In Charleen, documentarian Ross McElwee looks at the life of a North Carolina poet and teacher who acts as a muse to a motley crew of artists and...

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News

    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

    Filmmaker Ross McElwee trails characters whose stories have been fodder for television news and takes their tales of loss and longing further than...

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  • 1984
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    Backyard

    Backyard

    6 1984 HD

    Documentary film maker Ross McElwee returns to his family home in Charlotte NC. In filming his family, he captures a microcosm of Southern society.

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  • 2004
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    Bright Leaves

    Bright Leaves

    6.9 2004 HD

    Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use,...

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  • 1970
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    Remake

    Remake

    1 1970 HD

    For nearly forty years, Ross McElwee has made closely observed and profoundly subjective documentaries about how his personal life intersects with...

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  • 1997
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    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    6.6 1997 HD

    Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the...

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  • 2004
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    Bright Leaves

    Bright Leaves

    6.9 2004 HD

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  • 1985
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    Sherman's March

    Sherman's March

    6.9 1985 HD

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  • 1981
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    Resident Exile

    Resident Exile

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1981
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    Resident Exile

    Resident Exile

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1993
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    Time Indefinite

    Time Indefinite

    6.9 1993 HD

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  • 2011
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    Photographic Memory

    Photographic Memory

    5.5 2011 HD

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  • 1991
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    Something to Do with the Wall

    Something to Do with the Wall

    7 1991 HD

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  • 1984
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    Backyard

    Backyard

    6 1984 HD

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News

    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

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  • 1985
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    Sherman's March

    Sherman's March

    6.9 1985 HD

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News

    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News

    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

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  • 1985
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    Sherman's March

    Sherman's March

    6.9 1985 HD

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  • 1993
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    Time Indefinite

    Time Indefinite

    6.9 1993 HD

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  • 1977
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    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    8 1977 HD

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  • 1979
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    Space Coast

    Space Coast

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1981
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    Resident Exile

    Resident Exile

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1993
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    Time Indefinite

    Time Indefinite

    6.9 1993 HD

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  • 1977
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    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    8 1977 HD

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  • 1985
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    Sherman's March

    Sherman's March

    6.9 1985 HD

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  • 1991
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    Something to Do with the Wall

    Something to Do with the Wall

    7 1991 HD

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  • 1981
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    Resident Exile

    Resident Exile

    1 1981 HD

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  • 2004
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    Bright Leaves

    Bright Leaves

    6.9 2004 HD

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  • 2011
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    Photographic Memory

    Photographic Memory

    5.5 2011 HD

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  • 2008
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    In Paraguay

    In Paraguay

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    In Paraguay

    In Paraguay

    1 2008 HD

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  • 1979
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    Space Coast

    Space Coast

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1984
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    Backyard

    Backyard

    6 1984 HD

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  • 1976
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    68 Albany Street

    68 Albany Street

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1974
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    20,000 Missing Persons

    20,000 Missing Persons

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1976
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    68 Albany Street

    68 Albany Street

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1974
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    20,000 Missing Persons

    20,000 Missing Persons

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News

    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

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  • 1977
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    Energy War

    Energy War

    1 1977 HD

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  • 2000
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    No Vladimir

    No Vladimir

    1 2000 HD

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  • 2009
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    Sweetgrass

    Sweetgrass

    6.8 2009 HD

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  • 1970
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    Remake

    Remake

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Remake

    Remake

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Remake

    Remake

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2004
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    Bright Leaves

    Bright Leaves

    6.9 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    Bright Leaves

    Bright Leaves

    6.9 2004 HD

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  • 1981
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    N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

    N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

    5.7 1981 HD

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