1. 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.
11 Facts About Ross McElwee
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Ross McElwee received the Career Award at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
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Ross McElwee grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a traditional Southern family.
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Ross McElwee's father was a surgeon and appears often as a figure in McElwee's early films.
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Ross McElwee started filming and producing his own documentaries in 1976.
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Ross McElwee has made ten feature-length documentaries and several shorter films.
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Ross McElwee collaborated with his wife, Marilyn Levine, on Something to do with the Wall.
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Ross McElwee's films have been included in the festivals of Cannes, Berlin, London, Venice, Vienna, Rotterdam, Florence, and Sydney.
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Ross McElwee has received fellowships and grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the American Film Institute.
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Ross McElwee has twice been awarded fellowships in filmmaking by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Ross McElwee returned to Venice in 2011 to present the premier of Photographic Memory.