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Frederick Elmes profile
Actor

Frederick Elmes

Camera

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Acting credits

6

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TMDB popularity

0.9

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Movies: 64Series: 2Crew credits: 61

TMDB ID: 4434

IMDb ID: nm0005695

Known for: Camera

Born: November 4, 1946

Age: 79

Place of birth: Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1972 - 2026

Years active: 55

Average TMDB rating: 6.46

Wikidata: Q1452873

Also known as

Fred Elmes • Fredrick Elmes

Other jobs

Director of Photography (50)Camera Operator (3)Second Unit Director of Photography (3)Assistant Camera (2)Additional Photography (1)Camera Technician (1)Cinematography (1)

Biography

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.

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