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Ross McElwee is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography American born on 21 july 1947 at Charlotte (USA)
Ross McElwee is an American documentary filmmaker known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episodic journey that intersects with larger political or philosophical issues. Cultural aspects of his Southern upbringing are present in his humorous and often self-deprecating films. He received the Career Award at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
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Photographic Memory (2011)
, 1h24Directed by Ross McElwee
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, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Ross McElwee
Roles Himself
Rating68%
The filmmaker finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, who is no longer the delightful child the father loved, but an argumentative young adult who inhabits virtual worlds available through the internet. To the father, the son seems to be addicted to and permanently distracted by those worlds. The filmmaker undertakes a journey to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany where he worked for a spring as a wedding photographer’s assistant at age 24 –slightly older than his son is now. He has not been back to St. Quay since that visit, and hopes to gain some perspective on what his own life was like when he was his son’s age. He also hopes to track down his former employer, a fascinating Frenchman named Maurice, and Maud, a woman with whom he was romantically involved during that spring 38 years ago. Photographic Memory is a meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, digital versus analog, and the fractured love of a father for his son.
Bright Leaves (2004)
, 1h47Directed by Ross McElwee
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Patricia Neal, Ross McElwee, Gary Cooper
Roles Himself - Narrator (voice)
Rating70%
Ross McElwee retrouve sa Caroline du Nord natale pour remonter la piste fort romanesque de son histoire familiale. Il part sur les traces de son arrière-grand-père, riche propriétaire de plantation de tabac, ruiné par un concurrent trop habile.
Six O'Clock News (1997)
, 1h43Directed by Ross McElwee
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about television
Actors Ross McElwee, Josh Kornbluth
Roles Himself
Rating70%
Time Indefinite (1993)
, 1h54Directed by Ross McElwee
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Ross McElwee, Robert Gardner
Roles Himself
Rating76%
In the film, director Ross McElwee gets married, finally putting an end to his family's worrying; his grandmother dies; his wife Marilyn has a miscarriage; and his father, a medical doctor, dies suddenly within a week of McElwee's wife's miscarriage. His mother had died of cancer ten years earlier and so McElwee returns to his father's house, where his father's housekeeper ministers to him about Christianity and faith.
Sherman's March (1986)
, 2h35Directed by Ross McElwee
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Documentary
Actors Ross McElwee, Burt Reynolds
Roles Himself
Rating71%
McElwee a initialement prévu de faire un film au sujet des effets de la marche du général William Tecumseh Sherman à travers la Géorgie et les Carolines (généralement appelée Marche de Sherman vers la mer) durant la guerre civile américaine.
, 59minutesDirected by Ross McElwee
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Ross McElwee
Roles Himself
Rating72%
Director
Photographic Memory (2011)
, 1h24Directed by Ross McElwee
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, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Ross McElwee
Rating68%
The filmmaker finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, who is no longer the delightful child the father loved, but an argumentative young adult who inhabits virtual worlds available through the internet. To the father, the son seems to be addicted to and permanently distracted by those worlds. The filmmaker undertakes a journey to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany where he worked for a spring as a wedding photographer’s assistant at age 24 –slightly older than his son is now. He has not been back to St. Quay since that visit, and hopes to gain some perspective on what his own life was like when he was his son’s age. He also hopes to track down his former employer, a fascinating Frenchman named Maurice, and Maud, a woman with whom he was romantically involved during that spring 38 years ago. Photographic Memory is a meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, digital versus analog, and the fractured love of a father for his son.
Bright Leaves (2004)
, 1h47Directed by Ross McElwee
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Patricia Neal, Ross McElwee, Gary Cooper
Rating70%
Ross McElwee retrouve sa Caroline du Nord natale pour remonter la piste fort romanesque de son histoire familiale. Il part sur les traces de son arrière-grand-père, riche propriétaire de plantation de tabac, ruiné par un concurrent trop habile.
Six O'Clock News (1997)
, 1h43Directed by Ross McElwee
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about television
Actors Ross McElwee, Josh Kornbluth
Rating70%
Time Indefinite (1993)
, 1h54Directed by Ross McElwee
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Ross McElwee, Robert Gardner
Rating76%
In the film, director Ross McElwee gets married, finally putting an end to his family's worrying; his grandmother dies; his wife Marilyn has a miscarriage; and his father, a medical doctor, dies suddenly within a week of McElwee's wife's miscarriage. His mother had died of cancer ten years earlier and so McElwee returns to his father's house, where his father's housekeeper ministers to him about Christianity and faith.
Sherman's March (1986)
, 2h35Directed by Ross McElwee
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Documentary
Actors Ross McElwee, Burt Reynolds
Rating71%
McElwee a initialement prévu de faire un film au sujet des effets de la marche du général William Tecumseh Sherman à travers la Géorgie et les Carolines (généralement appelée Marche de Sherman vers la mer) durant la guerre civile américaine.
, 59minutesDirected by Ross McElwee
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about writers, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Ross McElwee
Rating72%
Scriptwriter
Photographic Memory (2011)
, 1h24Directed by Ross McElwee
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, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Ross McElwee
Rating68%
The filmmaker finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, who is no longer the delightful child the father loved, but an argumentative young adult who inhabits virtual worlds available through the internet. To the father, the son seems to be addicted to and permanently distracted by those worlds. The filmmaker undertakes a journey to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany where he worked for a spring as a wedding photographer’s assistant at age 24 –slightly older than his son is now. He has not been back to St. Quay since that visit, and hopes to gain some perspective on what his own life was like when he was his son’s age. He also hopes to track down his former employer, a fascinating Frenchman named Maurice, and Maud, a woman with whom he was romantically involved during that spring 38 years ago. Photographic Memory is a meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, digital versus analog, and the fractured love of a father for his son.
Bright Leaves (2004)
, 1h47Directed by Ross McElwee
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about families, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Patricia Neal, Ross McElwee, Gary Cooper
Rating70%
Ross McElwee retrouve sa Caroline du Nord natale pour remonter la piste fort romanesque de son histoire familiale. Il part sur les traces de son arrière-grand-père, riche propriétaire de plantation de tabac, ruiné par un concurrent trop habile.
Six O'Clock News (1997)
, 1h43Directed by Ross McElwee
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about television
Actors Ross McElwee, Josh Kornbluth
Roles Writer
Rating70%