Frederick Elmes
Profile info
Known forCamera
GenderMale
Birthday4 November 1946 (79 years old)
Place of birthMountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Known credits67
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 attend…
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
2026 · Self
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
2026 · Director of Photography
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025 · Director of Photography
Hunters
2020 · Director of Photography
The Jesus Rolls
2019 · Director of Photography
The Dead Don't Die
2019 · Director of Photography
Hair
2017 · Director of Photography
Wilson
2017 · Director of Photography
Paterson
2016 · Director of Photography
The Night Of
2016 · Director of Photography
Olive Kitteridge
2014 · Director of Photography
Horns
2013 · Director of Photography
A Late Quartet
2012 · Director of Photography
Brothers
2009 · Director of Photography
A Dog Year
2009 · Director of Photography
Bride Wars
2009 · Director of Photography
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Director of Photography
The Namesake
2006 · Director of Photography
Edge of Outside
2006 · Self
Broken Flowers
2005 · Director of Photography
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Kinsey
2004 · Director of Photography
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004 · Director of Photography
Hulk
2003 · Director of Photography
Trapped
2002 · Director of Photography
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 · Director of Photography
Mysteries of Love
2002 · Self
Storytelling
2001 · Director of Photography
Chain of Fools
2001 · Director of Photography
Chosen
2001 · Director of Photography
Ride with the Devil
1999 · Director of Photography
The Wedding
1998 · Director of Photography
The Ice Storm
1997 · Director of Photography
In the Gloaming
1997 · Director of Photography
Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997 · Director of Photography
Reckless
1995 · Director of Photography
Trial by Jury
1994 · Director of Photography
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993 · Director of Photography
Visions of Light
1992 · Self
Night on Earth
1991 · Director of Photography
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990 · Self
Hollywood Mavericks
1990 · Director of Photography
Cold Dog Soup
1990 · Director of Photography
Wild at Heart
1990 · Director of Photography
Moonwalker
1988 · Director of Photography
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1988 · Director of Photography
Permanent Record
1988 · Director of Photography
Aria
1987 · Director of Photography
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