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Frederick Elmes

Frederick Elmes

Actor, Cinematographer, Camera and Electrical Department

Born November 4, 1946 in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA

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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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Filmography

Actor

19

Type

Year

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady Poster

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady Documentary2025Self

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' Poster

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' Documentary2025Self

Jim Jarmusch, poemes sur pellicule TV Movie2018

2014: 'Eraserhead' Poster

2014: 'Eraserhead' Documentary2014Self

The Making of Eraserhead Poster

The Making of Eraserhead Documentary2014Self

Jim Sheridan: Film and Family Video2010Self

Re-Made in the USA: How Brodre Became Brothers Video2010Self

Farmhouse: Jim Jarmusch at Work Short Film2008Self

Edge of Outside Poster

Edge of Outside Documentary2006Self

Greatest Movie Love Scenes Documentary2006Self

The Kinsey Report: Sex on Film Documentary2005Self

Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch Poster

Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch Documentary2004Self

Il était une fois... Poster

Il était une fois... Mini-Series2003Self

Mysteries of Love Poster

Mysteries of Love Documentary2002Self

A Film és... I.-XIV Poster

A Film és... I.-XIV TV Series1995Self

Visions of Light Poster

Visions of Light Documentary1992Self

The 6th Annual Independent Spirit Awards TV Special1991Self - Winner

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch Poster

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch Documentary1990Self

The 1987 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards TV Special1987Self - Presenter

Cinematographer

65

Type

Year

Father Mother Sister Brother Poster

Father Mother Sister Brother Feature Film2025

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady Poster

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady Documentary2025

The Girl from Plainville Poster

The Girl from Plainville Mini-Series2022

French Water Poster

French Water Short Film2021

Hunters TV Series2020

The Dead Don't Die Poster

The Dead Don't Die Feature Film2019

The Family Poster

The Family Mini-Series2019

The Jesus Rolls Poster

The Jesus Rolls Feature Film2019

The Looming Tower Poster

The Looming Tower Mini-Series2018

Hair Short Film2017

Wilson Feature Film2017

Paterson Poster

Paterson Feature Film2016

The Night Of Poster

The Night Of Mini-Series2016

Olive Kitteridge Poster

Olive Kitteridge Mini-Series2014

Horns Feature Film2013

A Late Quartet Poster

A Late Quartet Feature Film2012

A. Hitler Poster

A. Hitler Feature Film2010

House Keeping Short Film2010

A Dog Year Poster

A Dog Year Feature Film2009

Bride Wars Poster

Bride Wars Feature Film2009

Brothers Poster

Brothers Feature Film2009

Synecdoche, New York Poster

Synecdoche, New York Feature Film2008

The Namesake Poster

The Namesake Feature Film2006

Broken Flowers Poster

Broken Flowers Feature Film2005

Kinsey Feature Film2004

Coffee and Cigarettes Poster

Coffee and Cigarettes Feature Film2003

Hulk Feature Film2003

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet Poster

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet Feature Film2002

Trapped Feature Film2002

Chosen Short Film2001

Storytelling Poster

Storytelling Feature Film2001

We Care About New York Short Film2001

Chain of Fools Poster

Chain of Fools Feature Film2000

Ride with the Devil Poster

Ride with the Devil Feature Film1999

The Wedding Poster

The Wedding TV Movie1998

In the Gloaming Poster

In the Gloaming TV Movie1997

The Ice Storm Poster

The Ice Storm Feature Film1997

The Empty Mirror Poster

The Empty Mirror Feature Film1996

Reckless Poster

Reckless Feature Film1995

Trial by Jury Poster

Trial by Jury Feature Film1994

Coffee and Cigarettes III Poster

Coffee and Cigarettes III Short Film1993

The Saint of Fort Washington Poster

The Saint of Fort Washington Feature Film1993

Night on Earth Poster

Night on Earth Feature Film1991

Calvin Klein: Obsession Poster

Calvin Klein: Obsession Mini-Series1990

Cold Dog Soup Poster

Cold Dog Soup Feature Film1990

Hollywood Mavericks Poster

Hollywood Mavericks Documentary1990

Wild at Heart Poster

Wild at Heart Feature Film1990

Moonwalker Poster

Moonwalker Feature Film1988

Permanent Record Poster

Permanent Record Feature Film1988

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set Poster

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set TV Movie1988

The French as Seen by... Poster

The French as Seen by... Mini-Series1988

Aria Feature Film1987

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 Poster

Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 Documentary1987

Heaven Documentary1987

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold Poster

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold Feature Film1986

Blue Velvet Poster

Blue Velvet Feature Film1986

River's Edge Poster

River's Edge Feature Film1986

Broken Rainbow Poster

Broken Rainbow Documentary1985

Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein Documentary1983

Valley Girl Poster

Valley Girl Feature Film1983

Breakfast in Bed Feature Film1977

Eraserhead Poster

Eraserhead Feature Film1977

Number One Poster

Number One Short Film1976

The Amputee Poster

The Amputee Short Film1974

Street Scenes Poster

Street Scenes Documentary1970

Camera and Electrical Department

16

Type

Year

The Banker Poster

The Banker Feature Film2020

The Object of My Affection Poster

The Object of My Affection Feature Film1998

Real Genius Poster

Real Genius Feature Film1985

Dune Feature Film1984

Red Dawn Poster

Red Dawn Feature Film1984

Modern Romance Poster

Modern Romance Feature Film1981

A Force of One Poster

A Force of One Feature Film1979

Real Life Poster

Real Life Feature Film1979

The Flight of the Gossamer Condor Poster

The Flight of the Gossamer Condor Documentary1978

A Secret Space Poster

A Secret Space Feature Film1977

Opening Night Poster

Opening Night Feature Film1977

Young Lady Chatterley Poster

Young Lady Chatterley Feature Film1977

In the Region of Ice Poster

In the Region of Ice Short Film1976

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Poster

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Feature Film1976

A Woman Under the Influence Poster

A Woman Under the Influence Feature Film1974

Invasion of the Blood Farmers Poster

Invasion of the Blood Farmers Feature Film1972

Thanks

5

Type

Year

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' Poster

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' Documentary2025

Starting Out in the Evening Poster

Starting Out in the Evening Feature Film2007

Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch Poster

Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch Documentary2004

The Crying Game Poster

The Crying Game Feature Film1992

Visions of Light Poster

Visions of Light Documentary1992

Editor

1

Number One Poster

Number One Short Film1976

Special Effects

1

Eraserhead Poster

Eraserhead Feature Film1977

Other Crew

1

Dune Feature Film1984

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