Frederick Elmes
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| Frederick Elmes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 November 1946 Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
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.
Life and career
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.[1]
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.
Filmography
- Eraserhead (1977)
- Real Life (1979)
- Valley Girl (1983)
- Red Dawn (1984)
- Broken Rainbow (1985)
- Real Genius (1985)
- Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
- River's Edge (1986)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Heaven (1987)
- Permanent Record (1988)
- Cold Dog Soup (1990)
- Wild at Heart (1990)
- Night on Earth (1991)
- The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
- Trial by Jury (1994)
- Reckless (1995)
- The Empty Mirror (1996)
- The Ice Storm (1997)
- In the Gloaming (1997)
- The Object of My Affection (1998)
- Ride with the Devil (1999)
- Chain of Fools (2000)
- Storytelling (2001)
- The Hire: Chosen (2001)
- Trapped (2002)
- Hulk (2003)
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
- Kinsey (2004)
- Broken Flowers (2005)
- The Namesake (2006)
- Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- Brothers (2009)
- A Dog Year (2009)
- Bride Wars (2009)
- A Late Quartet (2012)
- Horns (2013)
