Ellen Kuras (b. 1959)

Birthplace:
New Jersey, USA

Born:
July 10, 1959

Ellen Kuras ASC (born July 10, 1959 in New Jersey) is an American cinematographer and director. She has collaborated several times with directors Michel Gondry and Spike Lee. In 2013 she was a member of the jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

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Additional Photography:
2007  The Key to Reserva

Assistant Camera:
1989  He Was Once
2007  The Key to Reserva

Director:
1989  He Was Once
2007  The Key to Reserva
2008  The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
2024  Lee

Director of Photography:
1989  He Was Once
1989  Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia
1992  Guerrillas In Our Midst
1992  Swoon
1993  Geoffrey Beene 30
1994  Postcards from America
1995  Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
1995  Unzipped
1996  Angela
1996  I Shot Andy Warhol
1996  If These Walls Could Talk
1996  The Dadshuttle
1997  4 Little Girls
1998  He Got Game
1998  Just the Ticket
1999  Summer of Sam
1999  The Mod Squad
2000  Bamboozled
2001  A Huey P. Newton Story
2001  Blow
2002  Analyze That
2002  Jim Brown: All-American
2002  Personal Velocity
2004  Coffee and Cigarettes
2004  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005  Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005  The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2006  Neil Young: Heart of Gold
2007  The Key to Reserva
2008  Be Kind Rewind
2008  Shine a Light
2008  The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
2009  Away We Go
2010  Public Speaking
2015  A Little Chaos
2016  Monster in the Mind
2017  Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
2017  Jane
2017  Wormwood
2019  Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2020  David Byrne's American Utopia
2020  Making 'The Irishman'
2021  Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2022  Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2024  Beatles '64
2024  Lee
????  Aldeas—A New Story

Gaffer:
1989  He Was Once
1989  Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia
1990  The World According to John Coltrane
1992  Guerrillas In Our Midst
1992  Swoon
1993  Geoffrey Beene 30
1994  Postcards from America
1995  Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
1995  Unzipped
1996  Angela
1996  I Shot Andy Warhol
1996  If These Walls Could Talk
1996  The Dadshuttle
1997  4 Little Girls
1998  He Got Game
1998  Just the Ticket
1999  Summer of Sam
1999  The Mod Squad
2000  Bamboozled
2001  A Huey P. Newton Story
2001  Blow
2002  Analyze That
2002  Jim Brown: All-American
2002  Personal Velocity
2004  Coffee and Cigarettes
2004  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005  Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005  The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2006  Neil Young: Heart of Gold
2007  The Key to Reserva
2008  Be Kind Rewind
2008  Shine a Light
2008  The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
2009  Away We Go
2010  Public Speaking
2015  A Little Chaos
2016  Monster in the Mind
2017  Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
2017  Jane
2017  Wormwood
2019  Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2020  David Byrne's American Utopia
2020  Making 'The Irishman'
2021  Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2022  Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2024  Beatles '64
2024  Lee
????  Aldeas—A New Story

Second Unit Director:
1989  He Was Once
1989  Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia
1990  The World According to John Coltrane
1992  Guerrillas In Our Midst
1992  Swoon
1993  Geoffrey Beene 30
1994  Postcards from America
1995  Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
1995  Unzipped
1996  Angela
1996  I Shot Andy Warhol
1996  If These Walls Could Talk
1996  The Dadshuttle
1997  4 Little Girls
1998  He Got Game
1998  Just the Ticket
1999  Summer of Sam
1999  The Mod Squad
2000  Bamboozled
2001  A Huey P. Newton Story
2001  Blow
2002  Analyze That
2002  Jim Brown: All-American
2002  Personal Velocity
2004  Coffee and Cigarettes
2004  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005  Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005  The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2006  Neil Young: Heart of Gold
2007  The Key to Reserva
2008  Be Kind Rewind
2008  Shine a Light
2008  The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
2009  Away We Go
2010  Public Speaking
2015  A Little Chaos
2016  Monster in the Mind
2017  Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
2017  Jane
2017  Wormwood
2019  Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2020  David Byrne's American Utopia
2020  Making 'The Irishman'
2021  Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2022  Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2023  Killers of the Flower Moon
2024  Beatles '64
2024  Lee
????  Aldeas—A New Story

Writer:
1989  He Was Once
1989  Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia
1990  The World According to John Coltrane
1992  Guerrillas In Our Midst
1992  Swoon
1993  Geoffrey Beene 30
1994  Postcards from America
1995  Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
1995  Unzipped
1996  Angela
1996  I Shot Andy Warhol
1996  If These Walls Could Talk
1996  The Dadshuttle
1997  4 Little Girls
1998  He Got Game
1998  Just the Ticket
1999  Summer of Sam
1999  The Mod Squad
2000  Bamboozled
2001  A Huey P. Newton Story
2001  Blow
2002  Analyze That
2002  Jim Brown: All-American
2002  Personal Velocity
2004  Coffee and Cigarettes
2004  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005  Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005  The Ballad of Jack and Rose
2006  Neil Young: Heart of Gold
2007  The Key to Reserva
2008  Be Kind Rewind
2008  Shine a Light
2008  The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
2009  Away We Go
2010  Public Speaking
2015  A Little Chaos
2016  Monster in the Mind
2017  Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
2017  Jane
2017  Wormwood
2019  Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2020  David Byrne's American Utopia
2020  Making 'The Irishman'
2021  Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends
2022  Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2023  Killers of the Flower Moon
2024  Beatles '64
2024  Lee
????  Aldeas—A New Story

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