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Frederick Elmes

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Frederick Elmes
Born (1946-11-04) November 4, 1946 (age 78)
Other namesFred Elmes
EducationRochester Institute of Technology (BFA)
American Film Institute (MFA)
New York University (MFA)
Years active1970-present
AwardsIndependent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
1991 Wild at Heart
1992 Night on Earth
Websitefredelmes.com

Frederick Elmes, ASC (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement.[1][2] 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).[3][4]

Life and career

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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.[5]

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).[6][7] Elmes is also a frequent collaborator with directors Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch.[8] Elmes has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1993.

Filmography

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Documentary film

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Year Title Director Notes
1970 Street Scenes 1970 Martin Scorsese
1983 Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein Julie M. Thompson
1985 Broken Rainbow Maria Florio
Victoria Mudd
With Baird Bryant, Victoria Mudd, Tony St. John and Joan Weidman
1987 Heaven Diane Keaton With Joseph J. Kelly
1990 Hollywood Mavericks Florence Dauman
Dale Ann Stieber
With John Bailey, Steve Baum, Marc Gérard, Mead Hunt,
Todd McClelland, Peter S. Rosen and Steven Wacks

Short film

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Year Title Director Notes
1974 The Amputee David Lynch
1976 Number One Dyan Cannon
1987 Liebestod Franc Roddam Segment of Aria
1988 Speed Demon Jerry Kramer
Colin Chilvers
Segments of Moonwalker
Smooth Criminal
Come Together
2001 Chosen Ang Lee Segment of The Hire
2002 Int. Trailer Night Jim Jarmusch Segment of Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
2003 Somewhere in California Segment of Coffee and Cigarettes
2010 House Keeping Johan Renck
2017 Hair John Turturro
2021 French Water Jim Jarmusch

Feature film

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Year Title Director Notes
1977 Eraserhead David Lynch With Herbert Cardwell
Breakfast in Bed William Haugse
1983 Valley Girl Martha Coolidge
1986 River's Edge Tim Hunter
Blue Velvet David Lynch
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold Gary Nelson With Álex Phillips Jr.
1988 Permanent Record Marisa Silver
1990 Wild at Heart David Lynch
Cold Dog Soup Alan Metter
1991 Night on Earth Jim Jarmusch
1993 The Saint of Fort Washington Tim Hunter
1994 Trial by Jury Heywood Gould
1995 Reckless Norman René
1996 The Empty Mirror Barry J. Hershey
1997 The Ice Storm Ang Lee
1998 The Object of My Affection Nicholas Hytner
1999 Ride with the Devil Ang Lee
2000 Chain of Fools Traktor
2001 Storytelling Todd Solondz
2002 Trapped Luis Mandoki With Piotr Sobociński
2003 Hulk Ang Lee
2004 Kinsey Bill Condon
2005 Broken Flowers Jim Jarmusch
2006 The Namesake Mira Nair
2008 Synecdoche, New York Charlie Kaufman
2009 Bride Wars Gary Winick
Brothers Jim Sheridan
2010 A. Hitler Barry J. Hershey
2012 A Late Quartet Yaron Zilberman
2013 Horns Alexandre Aja
2016 Paterson Jim Jarmusch
2017 Wilson Craig Johnson
2019 The Dead Don't Die Jim Jarmusch
The Jesus Rolls John Turturro
TBA Father, Mother, Sister, Brother Jim Jarmusch With Yorick Le Saux

Television

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TV movies

Year Title Director
1987 Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 Jeremy Kagan
1988 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set Mollie Miller
1997 In the Gloaming Christopher Reeve
2009 A Dog Year George LaVoo

Miniseries

Year Title Director Notes
1988 The French as Seen by... Werner Herzog
David Lynch
2 episodes
1998 The Wedding Charles Burnett
2014 Olive Kitteridge Lisa Cholodenko
2016 The Night Of Steven Zaillian 4 episodes
2018 The Looming Tower Michael Slovis
Craig Zisk
4 episodes
2019 The Family Jesse Moss 2 episodes
2022 The Girl from Plainville Lisa Cholodenko
Daniel Minahan
3 episodes

TV series

Year Title Director Episode
2020 Hunters Alfonso Gomez-Rejon "In the Belly of the Whale"

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Title Result
1986 Boston Society of Film Critics Best Cinematography Blue Velvet Won
National Society of Film Critics Best Cinematography Won
Sitges Film Festival Best Cinematography Won
Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle Best Cinematography Nominated
1990 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography Wild at Heart Won
1991 Night on Earth Won
1996 Fantasporto Directors' Week Award for Best Cinematography The Empty Mirror Won
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Gold Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography Won
1997 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Cinematography The Ice Storm Nominated
Chlotrudis Award Best Cinematography Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography In the Gloaming Nominated
2016 The Night Of
(For episode "Ordinary Death")
Won

References

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  1. ^ "Fred Elmes, asc - Director of Photography". fredelmes.com. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "The ASC -- American Cinematographer: ASC Close-Up". theasc.com. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "FREDERICK ELMES". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "Frederick Elmes's Top 10". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  5. ^ Frederick Elmes at the Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
  6. ^ "AFI Honors Cinematographer Frederick Elmes". American Film. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "Flashback: Blue Velvet - The American Society of Cinematographers". ascmag.com. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "Fred Elmes ASC / Paterson". British Cinematographer. November 28, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
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