Frederick Elmes
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. 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. 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.
Broken Flowers
(Director of Photography)
Night on Earth
(Director of Photography)
Eraserhead
(Director of Photography)
Wild at Heart
(Director of Photography)
Blue Velvet
(Director of Photography)
Coffee and Cigarettes
(Director of Photography)
Hulk
(Director of Photography)
Kinsey
(Director of Photography)
Synecdoche, New York
(Director of Photography)
Brothers
(Director of Photography)
Trapped
(Director of Photography)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
(Camera Technician)
French Water
(Director of Photography)
Permanent Record
(Director of Photography)
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
(Camera Operator)
In the Region of Ice
(Additional Photography)
Red Dawn
(Second Unit Director of Photography)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
(Cinematography)
Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
(Director of Photography)
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
(Director of Photography)
A Woman Under the Influence
(Assistant Camera)
Cold Dog Soup
(Director of Photography)
Eraserhead
(Special Effects)
The Ice Storm
(Director of Photography)
Ride with the Devil
(Director of Photography)
Coffee and Cigarettes III
(Director of Photography)
Chosen
(Director of Photography)
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
(Director of Photography)
Reckless
(Director of Photography)
In the Gloaming
(Director of Photography)
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
(Director of Photography)
Real Genius
(Second Unit Director of Photography)
Paterson
(Director of Photography)
Valley Girl
(Director of Photography)
Horns
(Director of Photography)
Trial by Jury
(Director of Photography)
A Late Quartet
(Director of Photography)
Young Lady Chatterley
(Camera Operator)
The Namesake
(Director of Photography)
Wilson
(Director of Photography)
The Amputee
(Director of Photography)
Father Mother Sister Brother
(Director of Photography)
Moonwalker
(Director of Photography)
The Saint of Fort Washington
(Director of Photography)
Aria
(Director of Photography)
Broken Rainbow
(Cinematography)
Dune
(Second Unit Director of Photography)
Storytelling
(Director of Photography)
Modern Romance
(Camera Operator)
The Wedding
(Director of Photography)
The Jesus Rolls
(Director of Photography)
River's Edge
(Director of Photography)
Bride Wars
(Director of Photography)
The Dead Don't Die
(Director of Photography)
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
(Director of Photography)
Chain of Fools
(Director of Photography)
Hollywood Mavericks
(Director of Photography)
Hair
(Director of Photography)
A Dog Year
(Director of Photography)
Heaven
(Director of Photography)
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
(Assistant Camera)
Olive Kitteridge
(Director of Photography)
The Night Of
(Director of Photography)