Portrait of Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee

Directing

Biography

Ross McElwee is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, and Harvard professor, known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episodic journey of some sort. McElwee is a 1971 graduate of Brown University, and received his MS from MIT in 1977. He received the Career Award at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Born: July 21, 1947

Place of Birth: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Filmography

2025
Remake

as Self

2011
2004
Bright Leaves

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

1997
1993
Time Indefinite

as Himself

1985