Frederick Elmes

Frederick Elmes
Born	(1946-11-04) November 4, 1946 (age 78) Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Rochester Institute of Technology (BFA) American Film Institute (MFA) New York University (MFA)
Years active	1970–present
Website	fredelmes.com

Frederick Elmes, ASC (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement ^{[1] [2]} , having worked mostly with directors David Lynch and Jim Jarmusch. ^{[3] [4]}

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. ^[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

Documentary film

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

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

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

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

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

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.

External links

• Frederick Elmes at IMDb
• www.FredElmes.com
• Eraserhead Interview