Frederick Elmes
Camera
1946-11-04 · Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
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
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
2026 · Movie
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025 · Movie
The Girl from Plainville
2022 · Series
Hunters
2020 · Series
The Jesus Rolls
2019 · Movie
The Dead Don't Die
2019 · Movie
Hair
2017 · Movie
Wilson
2017 · Movie
Paterson
2016 · Movie
The Night Of
2016 · Series
Olive Kitteridge
2014 · Series
The Making of Eraserhead
2014 · Movie
Horns
2013 · Movie
A Late Quartet
2012 · Movie
Brothers
2009 · Movie
A Dog Year
2009 · Movie
Bride Wars
2009 · Movie
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · Movie
The Namesake
2007 · Movie
Edge of Outside
2006 · Movie
Broken Flowers
2005 · Movie
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004 · Movie
Kinsey
2004 · Movie
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004 · Movie
Hulk
2003 · Movie
Trapped
2002 · Movie
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2002 · Movie
Mysteries of Love
2002 · Movie
Storytelling
2001 · Movie
Chain of Fools
2001 · Movie
Chosen
2001 · Movie
Ride with the Devil
1999 · Movie
The Wedding
1998 · Movie
The Ice Storm
1997 · Movie
In the Gloaming
1997 · Movie
Coffee and Cigarettes III
1997 · Movie
Reckless
1995 · Movie
Trial by Jury
1994 · Movie
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993 · Movie
Visions of Light
1992 · Movie
Night on Earth
1991 · Movie
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990 · Movie
Hollywood Mavericks
1990 · Movie
Cold Dog Soup
1990 · Movie
Wild at Heart
1990 · Movie
Moonwalker
1988 · Movie
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1988 · Movie
Permanent Record
1988 · Movie
Aria
1987 · Movie
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
1987 · Movie
Heaven
1987 · Movie
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986 · Movie
River's Edge
1986 · Movie
Blue Velvet
1986 · Movie
Real Genius
1985 · Movie
Broken Rainbow
1985 · Movie
Dune
1984 · Movie
Red Dawn
1984 · Movie
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
1983 · Movie
Valley Girl
1983 · Movie
Modern Romance
1981 · Movie
Eraserhead
1977 · Movie
Young Lady Chatterley
1977 · Movie
In the Region of Ice
1976 · Movie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976 · Movie
A Woman Under the Influence
1974 · Movie
The Amputee
1974 · Movie
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
1972 · Movie
Street Scenes 1970
1970 · Movie