Frederick Elmes
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederick Elmes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (33)
Father Mother Sister Brother
The Dead Don't Die
Wilson
Paterson
Horns
A Late Quartet
Brothers
Bride Wars
A Dog Year
Synecdoche, New York
The Namesake
Broken Flowers
Coffee and Cigarettes
Hulk
Trapped
Chain of Fools
Storytelling
Ride with the Devil
The Ice Storm
The Saint of Fort Washington
Night on Earth
Wild at Heart
Moonwalker
Aria
Blue Velvet
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
River's Edge
Real Genius
Red Dawn
Dune
Valley Girl
Eraserhead
