Frederick Elmes

Frederick Elmes ASC born November 4 1946 is an American cinematographer known for his association with the independent film movement He is a longtime 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 Universitys 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia