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Ellen Kuras is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Second Unit Director, Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 10 july 1959 at New Jersey (USA)

Ellen Kuras

Ellen Kuras
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Nationality USA
Birth 10 july 1959 (65 years) at New Jersey (USA)

Ellen Kuras ASC (born July 10, 1959 in New Jersey) is an American cinematographer and director. She has collaborated several times with directors Michel Gondry and Spike Lee. In 2013 she was a member of the jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Best films

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
(Director of Photography)
He Got Game (1998)
(Director of Photography)
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Filmography of Ellen Kuras (33 films)

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Actress

Side by Side, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors James Cameron, David Fincher, John Malkovich, Danny Boyle, David Lynch, Robert Rodríguez
Roles Self
Rating75% 3.7959453.7959453.7959453.7959453.795945
The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. It shows what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovations have helped push filmmaking in new directions. Interviews with directors, cinematographers, colorists, scientists, engineers and artists reveal their experiences and feelings about working with film and digital.
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos, 1h44
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich, Sharon Stone, John Boorman, Karen Black, Sandra Bullock
Roles Self
Rating77% 3.861593.861593.861593.861593.86159
This documentary traces the careers of cinematographers László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond. These lifelong friends are Hungarian expatriates who had been studying cinematography in Hungary and defected following the 1956 Soviet invasion. Coincidentally, they also photographed many of the tumultuous events during the invasion.

Director

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), 1h27
Directed by Ellen Kuras
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Films about immigration, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Rating69% 3.486063.486063.486063.486063.48606
It is about an immigrant from Laos living in New York. The film centres on the families flight from Laos after the United States Secret War in Laos and the difficulty of assimilating into American life. Cultural obstacles encountered are presented through the medium of the break-up of the narrators' family, culminating in the death of a family member linked to gang warfare.

Scriptwriter

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), 1h27
Directed by Ellen Kuras
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Films about immigration, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Roles Writer
Rating69% 3.486063.486063.486063.486063.48606
It is about an immigrant from Laos living in New York. The film centres on the families flight from Laos after the United States Secret War in Laos and the difficulty of assimilating into American life. Cultural obstacles encountered are presented through the medium of the break-up of the narrators' family, culminating in the death of a family member linked to gang warfare.

Production

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), 1h27
Directed by Ellen Kuras
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Films about immigration, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Roles Producer
Rating69% 3.486063.486063.486063.486063.48606
It is about an immigrant from Laos living in New York. The film centres on the families flight from Laos after the United States Secret War in Laos and the difficulty of assimilating into American life. Cultural obstacles encountered are presented through the medium of the break-up of the narrators' family, culminating in the death of a family member linked to gang warfare.

Direction

Killers of the Flower Moon
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Barry Corbin, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal
Roles Second Unit Director
Rating75% 3.798723.798723.798723.798723.79872
L'histoire vraie des meurtres de plusieurs membres de la tribu indienne d'Osage en Oklahoma, assassinés après avoir trouvé du pétrole sur leurs terres dans les années 1920. Le FBI mène l'enquête.

Camera

A Little Chaos, 1h56
Directed by Alan Rickman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jennifer Ehle
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.247413.247413.247413.247413.24741
After having been appointed by King Louis XIV of France on a project for the gardens of Versailles, landscaper Monsieur André Le Nôtre interviews various contractors for embarking on this project, one of whom is a woman with an unconventional sense of gardening, Sabine de Barra. When noticing her move a plant pot in his garden prior to her interview, André confirms Sabine is not a conformist in gardening, which she explains during the interview as wanting to give something uniquely French and not simply abide by the past.
George Harrison: Living in the Material World, 3h24
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors George Harrison, Eric Idle, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Neil Aspinall
Roles Camera Operator
Rating80% 4.0462854.0462854.0462854.0462854.046285
The film follows music legend George Harrison's story from his early life in Liverpool, the Beatlemania phenomenon, his travels to India, the influence of Krishna Consciousness movement in his music, and his relevance and importance as a member of The Beatles. It consists of previously unseen footage and interviews with Olivia and Dhani Harrison, friends, and many others.
Away We Go
Away We Go (2009)
, 1h38
Directed by Sam Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Carmen Ejogo, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.4978353.4978353.4978353.4978353.497835
Verona De Tessant (Maya Rudolph) and Burt Farlander (John Krasinski) are in their early thirties and struggling to meet daily needs and build fulfilling lives. When they learn they will soon become parents, they are confronted with the challenge of how – and where – to raise a child and build a happy family.
Be Kind Rewind, 1h42
Directed by Michel Gondry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jack Black, Mos Def, Melonie Diaz, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Sigourney Weaver
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1993653.1993653.1993653.1993653.199365
In Passaic, New Jersey, the declining "Be Kind Rewind" VHS rental store owned by Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover) is due to be demolished to make way for high-end development (due in large part to the refusal of Mr. Fletcher to rent out DVDs) unless he can find the money to renovate his building, despite his claims that jazz pianist Fats Waller was born in that building. Mr. Fletcher leaves on a trip for several days to join friends and memorialize Waller, leaving his only employee, Mike (Mos Def), to tend to the store. Before leaving Mr. Fletcher cautions Mike to keep his paranoid and klutzy friend, Jerry (Jack Black), away from the store. After attempting to sabotage a nearby electrical substation, believing its energy to be melting his brain, Jerry becomes magnetized, and when he enters the store the next day, he inadvertently erases all the VHS tapes in the store (as well as making the camera go out of focus, whenever he walks past it). Mike quickly discovers the disaster, and is further pressed when Miss Falewicz (Mia Farrow), Mr. Fletcher's friend, wants to rent Ghostbusters. To prevent her from reporting a problem to Mr. Fletcher, Mike comes up with an idea: as Miss Falewicz has never seen the movie, he proposes to recreate the film using himself and Jerry as the actors and cheap special effects hoping to fool her. They complete the movie just in time when another customer asks for Rush Hour 2. Mike and Jerry repeat their filming, enlisting the help of Alma (Melonie Diaz), a local woman, for some of the parts.
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), 1h27
Directed by Ellen Kuras
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Films about immigration, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.486063.486063.486063.486063.48606
It is about an immigrant from Laos living in New York. The film centres on the families flight from Laos after the United States Secret War in Laos and the difficulty of assimilating into American life. Cultural obstacles encountered are presented through the medium of the break-up of the narrators' family, culminating in the death of a family member linked to gang warfare.
Shine a Light, 2h2
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Concert, Musical films
Actors Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Michael Gross, Christina Aguilera, Jack White, Bruce Willis
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5473553.5473553.5473553.5473553.547355
Martin Scorsese réalise son rêve de toujours : filmer les Rolling Stones. De la préparation à la performance, entrecoupé d'images backstage et d'archives, 16 caméras et plusieurs grands chefs opérateurs captent l'énergie légendaire de Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts et Ron Wood lors de leurs concerts au Beacon Theatre à New York, les 29 octobre et 1er novembre 2006.
The Key to Reserva, 10minutes
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Documentary, Crime
Actors Martin Scorsese, Simon Baker, Ted Griffin, Kelli O'Hara, Christopher Denham, Thelma Schoonmaker
Roles Additional Photography
Rating77% 3.8891653.8891653.8891653.8891653.889165
The film begins with framing device, wherein Scorsese, playing himself, describing how he discovered three and a half pages of an unproduced Hitchcock film, "The Key to Reserva". As part of this film preservation work he plans to film the script as Hitchcock would have filmed it.
Neil Young: Heart of Gold, 1h43
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Neil Young
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76% 3.84463.84463.84463.84463.8446
En Mars 2005, Neil Young a été diagnostiqué avec un anévrisme au cerveau. Quatre jours avant la date prévue pour une opération de sauvetage, il se rend à Nashville, où il a écrit et enregistré l'album country folk PRAIRIE WIND avec de vieux amis et membres de la famille. Après la réussite de l'opération et la période de récupération, il est retourné à Nashville que Août à jouer au célèbre Ryman Auditorium, encore une fois rassembler famille et amis pour cette représentation spéciale.