Directing
Ross McElwee
- Titles
- 19movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1974 to 2011, busiest in 1977 and 1981 with 2 main titles each.
- Directed
- 15titles as director
- Average score
79/100
- Highest rated
Remake88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Biographical7.4average 0.9
- Historical6.2average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.6average 4.9
- Contemporary Realism7.8average 5.2
- Tech & Humanity3.9average 1.6
- Psychological7.5average 5.6
- Melancholy6.5average 4.7
- Politics4.4average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline2.4, average 5.1
- Violence2.5, average 4.3
- Physical Comedy0.7, average 2.5
- Tension4.4, average 6.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Charleen SwanseaActorTime Indefinite, Sherman's March, Six O'Clock News, Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?- MMarilyn LevineActorTime Indefinite, In Paraguay, Six O'Clock News, Something to Do with the Wall
Adrian McElweeActorPhotographic Memory, Time Indefinite, Six O'Clock News- DDede McElweeActorTime Indefinite, Sherman's March
- RRoss McElwee Jr.ActorSherman's March, Backyard
- MMichel NegroponteEditorResident Exile, Space Coast
Movies and TV shows
18Upcoming
1 title
88
Remake
Producer, Editor
2010s
1 title · average score 75
75
Photographic Memory (2011)
Director, Director of Photography
2000s
4 titles · average score 82
82
Sweetgrass (2009)
Thanks
In Paraguay (2008)
Director of Photography, Director
81
Bright Leaves (2004)
Editor, Director
No Vladimir (2000)
Supervising Producer
1990s
3 titles · average score 77
Six O'Clock News (1997)
Director, Editor
77
Time Indefinite (1993)
Director, Writer
Something to Do with the Wall (1991)
as Narrator
1980s
4 titles · average score 80
80
Sherman's March (1985)
Director of Photography, Director
Backyard (1984)
Director of Photography, Director
N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman (1981)
Director of Photography
Resident Exile (1981)
Director of Photography, Producer
1970s
5 titles
Space Coast (1979)
Director of Photography, Director
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On? (1977)
Director, Director of Photography
Energy War (1977)
Director of Photography
68 Albany Street (1976)
Director, Director of Photography
20,000 Missing Persons (1974)
Director, Director of Photography