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Frederick Elmes

Born
Nov 4, 1946 · Age 80
Place of birth
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
7
TV credits
0
Directing credits
1
Also known as (2)
  • Fred Elmes
  • Fredrick Elmes

Biography

Frederick Elmes, ASC (born November 4, 1946) is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement. 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). Born in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Elmes studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and then…