Cast & creator
Frederick Elmes
Best known for Hunters, The Night Of, Dune
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 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 (1977). Since then the two have collaborated on Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). Elmes is also a frequent collaborator with directors Ang Lee and Jim Jarmusch. Elmes has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frederick Elmes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Fred Elmes, Fredrick Elmes
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film credits
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television credits
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1970–2026 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (72)
Showing 72 of 72 credits
Hunters
Director of Photography
2020
The Night Of
Director of Photography
2016
Dune
Second Unit Director of Photography
1984
Hulk
Director of Photography
2003
Blue Velvet
Director of Photography
1986
Bride Wars
Director of Photography
2009
Brothers
Director of Photography
2009
Olive Kitteridge
Director of Photography
2014
The Dead Don't Die
Director of Photography
2019
Wild at Heart
Director of Photography
1990
The Ice Storm
Director of Photography
1997
Eraserhead
Director of Photography
1977Eraserhead
Special Effects
1977
Red Dawn
Second Unit Director of Photography
1984
Broken Flowers
Director of Photography
2005
Paterson
Director of Photography
2016
Synecdoche, New York
Director of Photography
2008
Ride with the Devil
Director of Photography
1999
Father Mother Sister Brother
Director of Photography
2025
Moonwalker
Director of Photography
1988
Real Genius
Second Unit Director of Photography
1985
A Woman Under the Influence
Assistant Camera
1974
Night on Earth
Director of Photography
1991
Trapped
Director of Photography
2002
Coffee and Cigarettes
Director of Photography
2004
Horns
Director of Photography
2013
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Camera Technician
1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Director of Photography
1986
River's Edge
Director of Photography
1986
Kinsey
Director of Photography
2004
Valley Girl
Director of Photography
1983
A Late Quartet
Director of Photography
2012
Wilson
Director of Photography
2017
The Namesake
Director of Photography
2007
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Camera Operator
1976
Storytelling
Director of Photography
2001
Trial by Jury
Director of Photography
1994
The Jesus Rolls
Director of Photography
2019
A Dog Year
Director of Photography
2009
In the Gloaming
Director of Photography
1997
The Saint of Fort Washington
Director of Photography
1993
Young Lady Chatterley
Camera Operator
1977
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
Director of Photography
2002
Heaven
Director of Photography
1987
Hollywood Mavericks
Director of Photography
1990
Modern Romance
Camera Operator
1981
The Wedding
Director of Photography
1998
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
Self
2026I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
Director of Photography
2026
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8
Director of Photography
1987
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Director of Photography
1988
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
1990
Aria
Director of Photography
1987
Permanent Record
Director of Photography
1988
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Reckless
Director of Photography
1995
Chain of Fools
Director of Photography
2001
Street Scenes 1970
Director of Photography
1970Street Scenes 1970
Director
1970Street Scenes 1970
Camera Operator
1970
Chosen
Director of Photography
2001
Mysteries of Love
Self
2002
Coffee and Cigarettes III
Director of Photography
1997
In the Region of Ice
Additional Photography
1976
The Amputee
Director of Photography
1974
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
Assistant Camera
1972
Visions of Light
Self
1992
Cold Dog Soup
Director of Photography
1990Citizen: The Political Life of Allard K. Lowenstein
Director of Photography
1983
Hair
Director of Photography
2017
Broken Rainbow
Cinematography
1985