A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Fred Elmes
Fredrick Elmes
Birthplace:
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Born:
November 4, 1946
Frederick Elmes, A.S.C. (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer who has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography twice, for Wild at Heart and Night on Earth. Born in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Elmes studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology, 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. Since then the two have collaborated on such films as Blue Velvet, and Wild at Heart.
Additional Photography:
1976 In the Region of Ice
Assistant Camera:
1974 A Woman Under the Influence
1976 In the Region of Ice
Camera Operator:
1974 A Woman Under the Influence
1976 In the Region of Ice
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1977 Young Lady Chatterley
1981 Modern Romance
Camera Technician:
1974 A Woman Under the Influence
1976 In the Region of Ice
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1977 Young Lady Chatterley
1981 Modern Romance
1986 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Cinematography:
1974 A Woman Under the Influence
1976 In the Region of Ice
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1977 Young Lady Chatterley
1981 Modern Romance
1985 Broken Rainbow
1986 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Director of Photography:
1974 A Woman Under the Influence
1974 The Amputee
1976 In the Region of Ice
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1977 Young Lady Chatterley
1978 Eraserhead
1981 Modern Romance
1983 Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
1983 Valley Girl
1985 Broken Rainbow
1986 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 Blue Velvet
1986 River's Edge
1987 Aria
1987 Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987 Heaven
1988 Moonwalker
1988 Permanent Record
1988 The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1990 Cold Dog Soup
1990 Hollywood Mavericks
1990 Wild at Heart
1991 Night on Earth
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
1994 Trial by Jury
1995 Reckless
1997 Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997 In the Gloaming
1997 The Ice Storm
1998 The Wedding
1999 Ride with the Devil
2001 Chain of Fools
2001 Chosen
2001 Storytelling
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 Trapped
2003 Hulk
2004 Coffee and Cigarettes
2004 Kinsey
2005 Broken Flowers
2006 The Namesake
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 A Dog Year
2009 Bride Wars
2009 Brothers
2012 A Late Quartet
2013 Horns
2016 Paterson
2017 Hair
2017 Wilson
2019 The Dead Don't Die
2019 The Jesus Rolls
2021 French Water
???? Father Mother Sister Brother
Second Unit Director of Photography:
1974 A Woman Under the Influence
1974 The Amputee
1976 In the Region of Ice
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1977 Young Lady Chatterley
1978 Eraserhead
1981 Modern Romance
1983 Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
1983 Valley Girl
1984 Dune
1984 Red Dawn
1985 Broken Rainbow
1985 Real Genius
1986 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 Blue Velvet
1986 River's Edge
1987 Aria
1987 Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987 Heaven
1988 Moonwalker
1988 Permanent Record
1988 The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1990 Cold Dog Soup
1990 Hollywood Mavericks
1990 Wild at Heart
1991 Night on Earth
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
1994 Trial by Jury
1995 Reckless
1997 Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997 In the Gloaming
1997 The Ice Storm
1998 The Wedding
1999 Ride with the Devil
2001 Chain of Fools
2001 Chosen
2001 Storytelling
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 Trapped
2003 Hulk
2004 Coffee and Cigarettes
2004 Kinsey
2005 Broken Flowers
2006 The Namesake
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 A Dog Year
2009 Bride Wars
2009 Brothers
2012 A Late Quartet
2013 Horns
2016 Paterson
2017 Hair
2017 Wilson
2019 The Dead Don't Die
2019 The Jesus Rolls
2021 French Water
???? Father Mother Sister Brother
Special Effects:
1974 A Woman Under the Influence
1974 The Amputee
1976 In the Region of Ice
1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1977 Young Lady Chatterley
1978 Eraserhead
1981 Modern Romance
1983 Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
1983 Valley Girl
1984 Dune
1984 Red Dawn
1985 Broken Rainbow
1985 Real Genius
1986 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 Blue Velvet
1986 River's Edge
1987 Aria
1987 Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987 Heaven
1988 Moonwalker
1988 Permanent Record
1988 The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1990 Cold Dog Soup
1990 Hollywood Mavericks
1990 Wild at Heart
1991 Night on Earth
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington
1994 Trial by Jury
1995 Reckless
1997 Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997 In the Gloaming
1997 The Ice Storm
1998 The Wedding
1999 Ride with the Devil
2001 Chain of Fools
2001 Chosen
2001 Storytelling
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 Trapped
2003 Hulk
2004 Coffee and Cigarettes
2004 Kinsey
2005 Broken Flowers
2006 The Namesake
2008 Synecdoche, New York
2009 A Dog Year
2009 Bride Wars
2009 Brothers
2012 A Late Quartet
2013 Horns
2016 Paterson
2017 Hair
2017 Wilson
2019 The Dead Don't Die
2019 The Jesus Rolls
2021 French Water
???? Father Mother Sister Brother
Director of Photography:
2014 Olive Kitteridge
2016 The Night Of
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