Frederick Elmes
Camera
🎂 1946-11-04
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.
Cast credits(6)
Camera (60)
Director of Photography
2014
Director of Photography
2016
Director of Photography
2003
Second Unit Director of Photography
1984
Director of Photography
2009
Second Unit Director of Photography
1984
Director of Photography
1986
Assistant Camera
1974
Director of Photography
2009
Director of Photography
2008
Director of Photography
1977
Director of Photography
1988
Director of Photography
2019
Director of Photography
1990
Director of Photography
2013
Director of Photography
1997
Second Unit Director of Photography
1985
Director of Photography
1983
Director of Photography
1991
Director of Photography
2002
Director of Photography
2004
Director of Photography
2016
Camera Technician
1986
Director of Photography
1986
Director of Photography
1986
Director of Photography
2019
Director of Photography
2005
Director of Photography
1999
Director of Photography
2017
Director of Photography
2004
Director of Photography
2006
Director of Photography
1987
Director of Photography
2025
Director of Photography
1993
Director of Photography
2001
Director of Photography
2012
Camera Operator
1976
Director of Photography
2001
Director of Photography
2009
Director of Photography
1988
Camera Operator
1977
Director of Photography
1994
Camera Operator
1981
Director of Photography
2002
Director of Photography
1990
Director of Photography
1998
Director of Photography
1990
Director of Photography
1997
Assistant Camera
1972
Director of Photography
1988
Director of Photography
2001
Director of Photography
1974
Director of Photography
1997
Director of Photography
1995
Director of Photography
1987
Director of Photography
2021
Additional Photography
1976
Director of Photography
2017
Director of Photography
1987
Director of Photography
1983
