Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, and Harvard professor, known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episodic journey of some sort. McElwee is a 1971 graduate of Brown University, and received his MS from MIT in 1977. He received the Career Award at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

  • Title: Ross McElwee
  • Popularity: 1.266
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1947-07-21
  • Place of Birth: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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Ross McElwee Movies

  • 1991
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    Something to Do with the Wall
    Something to Do with the Wall

    7 1991 HD

    In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1985
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    Sherman's March
    Sherman's March

    6.924 1985 HD

    Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's march of destruction through the South during the Civil...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 2011
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    Photographic Memory
    Photographic Memory

    5.5 2011 HD

    Distressed over his teenaged son's addiction to the Internet and fearful that the developing boy has grown detached from the real world, documentary...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News
    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

    Filmmaker Ross McElwee trails characters whose stories have been fodder for television news and takes their tales of loss and longing further than...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1993
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    Time Indefinite
    Time Indefinite

    6.889 1993 HD

    After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Steve Ascher

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  • 1977
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    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    8 1977 HD

    In Charleen, documentarian Ross McElwee looks at the life of a North Carolina poet and teacher who acts as a muse to a motley crew of artists and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1984
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    Backyard
    Backyard

    6 1984 HD

    Documentary film maker Ross McElwee returns to his family home in Charlotte NC. In filming his family, he captures a microcosm of Southern society.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 2004
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    Bright Leaves
    Bright Leaves

    6.885 2004 HD

    Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1970
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    Remake
    Remake

    1 1970 HD

    For nearly forty years, Ross McElwee has made closely observed and profoundly subjective documentaries about how his personal life intersects with...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1997
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    Who Is Henry Jaglom?
    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    6.6 1997 HD

    Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Henry Jaglom

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  • 2004
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    Bright Leaves
    Bright Leaves

    6.885 2004 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1985
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    Sherman's March
    Sherman's March

    6.924 1985 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1981
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    Resident Exile
    Resident Exile

    1 1981 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1981
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    Resident Exile
    Resident Exile

    1 1981 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1993
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    Time Indefinite
    Time Indefinite

    6.889 1993 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Steve Ascher

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  • 2011
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    Photographic Memory
    Photographic Memory

    5.5 2011 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1991
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    Something to Do with the Wall
    Something to Do with the Wall

    7 1991 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1984
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    Backyard
    Backyard

    6 1984 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News
    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1985
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    Sherman's March
    Sherman's March

    6.924 1985 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News
    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News
    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1985
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    Sherman's March
    Sherman's March

    6.924 1985 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1993
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    Time Indefinite
    Time Indefinite

    6.889 1993 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Steve Ascher

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  • 1977
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    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    8 1977 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1979
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    Space Coast
    Space Coast

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1981
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    Resident Exile
    Resident Exile

    1 1981 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1974
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    20,000 Missing Persons
    20,000 Missing Persons

    1 1974 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1976
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    68 Albany Street
    68 Albany Street

    1 1976 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1977
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    Energy War
    Energy War

    1 1977 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1974
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    20,000 Missing Persons
    20,000 Missing Persons

    1 1974 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1976
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    68 Albany Street
    68 Albany Street

    1 1976 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1979
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    Space Coast
    Space Coast

    1 1979 HD

    Genre:

    Cast:

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  • 1977
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    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    8 1977 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1981
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    Resident Exile
    Resident Exile

    1 1981 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1984
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    Backyard
    Backyard

    6 1984 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    Sherman's March
    Sherman's March

    6.924 1985 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1991
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    Something to Do with the Wall
    Something to Do with the Wall

    7 1991 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1993
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    Time Indefinite
    Time Indefinite

    6.889 1993 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Steve Ascher

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  • 1997
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    Six O'Clock News
    Six O'Clock News

    6 1997 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 2004
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    Bright Leaves
    Bright Leaves

    6.885 2004 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 2011
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    Photographic Memory
    Photographic Memory

    5.5 2011 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 2008
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    In Paraguay
    In Paraguay

    1 2008 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2008
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    In Paraguay
    In Paraguay

    1 2008 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2000
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    No Vladimir
    No Vladimir

    1 2000 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jedidiah Cohen

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  • 2009
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    Sweetgrass
    Sweetgrass

    6.8 2009 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: John Ahern

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  • 1970
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    Remake
    Remake

    1 1970 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Remake
    Remake

    1 1970 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Remake
    Remake

    1 1970 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 2004
    imgMovies

    Bright Leaves
    Bright Leaves

    6.885 2004 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 2004
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    Bright Leaves
    Bright Leaves

    6.885 2004 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ross McElwee

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  • 1981
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    N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
    N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

    5.7 1981 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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