Frederick Elmes

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Frederick Elmes

Born

1946-11-04 (79)

Place of birth

Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA

Known for

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Credits

8 titles

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 …

Known for

Street Scenes 1970 poster
5.5

Two protest rallies against the Vietnam War that took place in May 1970: the Hard Hat Riot on Wall Street in New York City and Kent State/Cambodia Incursion Protest in Washington, D.C.

Street Scenes 1970

1970

The Making of Eraserhead poster
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The Making of Eraserhead is a documentary featurette produced for the Criterion Collection's 2014 restoration and home-video release of David Lynch's debut feature, Eraserhead (1977). It consists of interviews conducted in 2014 with four people involved in the original film's production, recalling their experiences of working with Lynch and making the experimental horror film.

The Making of Eraserhead

2014

Mysteries of Love poster
7.1

Documentary featuring director David Lynch, stars Dennis Hopper, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern and Isabella Rossellini, cinematographer Frederick Elmes, editor Duwayne Dunham, composer Angelo Badalamenti, and producer Fred Caruso. Produced for the "Blue Velvet" DVD.

Mysteries of Love

2002

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch poster
7.5

Hot off Wild at Heart (1990), winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes, Johnathan Ross interviews filmmaker David Lynch and his colleagues.

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

1990

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady poster
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An authorized feature documentary about Catherine E. Coulson, best known as the Log Lady in David Lynch & Mark Frost's "Twin Peaks".

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

2026

Visions of Light poster
7.0

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.

Visions of Light

1992

Film credits

1990s · 2 titles

Behind the camera