Ross McElwee
American documentary filmmaker (born 1947)
0.86body-of-work score · ranked #971 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- July 21, 1947 · Charlotte
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film editor, cinematographer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1985 · United States · documentary, biography
National Film Registry (inducted 2000) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Hoberman's annual top 10 1986 #7
0.674 citations - 20.191 citation
Complete filmography
All 7 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1978Charleen
- 1985Sherman's March
- 1991Something To Do With The Wall
- 1993Time Indefinite
- 1996Six O'Clock News
- 2003Bright Leaves
- 2011Photographic Memory