Frederick Elmes

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-11-04 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As Fred Elmes, Fredrick Elmes

Frederick Elmes

Biography

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.

Known For

Camera

Father Mother Sister Brother

as Director of Photography

2021
French Water

as Director of Photography

2019
The Jesus Rolls

as Director of Photography

2019
The Dead Don't Die

as Director of Photography

2017
Wilson

as Director of Photography

2017
Hair

as Director of Photography

2016
Paterson

as Director of Photography

2016
The Night Of

as Director of Photography

2014
Olive Kitteridge

as Director of Photography

2013
Horns

as Director of Photography

2012
A Late Quartet

as Director of Photography

2009
Brothers

as Director of Photography

2009
Bride Wars

as Director of Photography

2009
A Dog Year

as Director of Photography

2008
Synecdoche, New York

as Director of Photography

2006
The Namesake

as Director of Photography

2005
Broken Flowers

as Director of Photography

2004
Coffee and Cigarettes

as Director of Photography

2004
Kinsey

as Director of Photography

2003
Hulk

as Director of Photography

2002
Trapped

as Director of Photography

2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

as Director of Photography

2001
Chosen

as Director of Photography

2001
Storytelling

as Director of Photography

2001
Chain of Fools

as Director of Photography

1999
Ride with the Devil

as Director of Photography

1998
The Wedding

as Director of Photography

1997
The Ice Storm

as Director of Photography

1997
Coffee and Cigarettes III

as Director of Photography

1997
In the Gloaming

as Director of Photography

1995
Reckless

as Director of Photography

1994
Trial by Jury

as Director of Photography

1993
The Saint of Fort Washington

as Director of Photography

1991
Night on Earth

as Director of Photography

1990
Wild at Heart

as Director of Photography

1990
Cold Dog Soup

as Director of Photography

1990
Hollywood Mavericks

as Director of Photography

1988
Permanent Record

as Director of Photography

1988
The Cowboy and the Frenchman

as Director of Photography

1988
Moonwalker

as Director of Photography

1987
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8

as Director of Photography

1987
Aria

as Director of Photography

1987
Heaven

as Director of Photography

1986
Blue Velvet

as Director of Photography

1986
1986
River's Edge

as Director of Photography

1985
Real Genius

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1984
Red Dawn

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1984
Dune

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1983
Valley Girl

as Director of Photography

1981
Modern Romance

as Camera Operator

1977
Eraserhead

as Director of Photography

1977
Young Lady Chatterley

as Camera Operator

1976
1976
In the Region of Ice

as Additional Photography

1974
A Woman Under the Influence

as Assistant Camera

1974
The Amputee

as Director of Photography

1972
Invasion of the Blood Farmers

as Assistant Camera

Crew

1985
Broken Rainbow

as Cinematography

1977
Eraserhead

as Special Effects