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Ellen Kuras

Cinematographer / Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 07/10/1959 (64) | New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
Ellen Kuras (born July 10, 1959) is an American cinematographer whose work includes narrative and documentary films, music videos and commercials in both the studio and independent worlds. One of few female members of the American Society of Cinematographers, she is a pioneer best known for her work in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). She has collaborated with directors such as Michel Gondry, Spike Lee, Sam Mendes, Jim Jarmusch, Rebecca Miller, Martin Scorsese and more. She is the three-time winner of the Award for Excellence in Dramatic Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival, for her films Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, Angela and Swoon, which was her first dramatic feature after getting her start in political documentaries. In 2008, she released her directorial debut, The Betrayal ..."> ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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Movies with Ellen Kuras as Actress(5)

as herself2012 Side by Side
as herself2008 Shooting Women

Movies with Ellen Kuras as Crew(46)

Directing/Second Unit Director2023 Killers of the Flower Moon
Directing/Director2023 Lee
Camera/Director of Photography2022 Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Camera/Director of Photography2020 Making 'The Irishman'
Camera/Director of Photography2020 David Byrne's American Utopia
Camera/Director of Photography2017 Jane
Camera/Director of Photography2017 Bob Dylan - Trouble No More
Camera/Director of Photography2017 Wormwood
Camera/Director of Photography2015 A Little Chaos
Camera/Director of Photography2010 Public Speaking
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Away We Go
Camera/Director of Photography2008 Be Kind Rewind
Camera/Director of Photography2008 Shine a Light
Camera/Director of Photography2008 The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Directing/Director2008 The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Writing/Writer2008 The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Camera/Additional Photography2007 The Key to Reserva
Camera/Director of Photography2006 Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Camera/Director of Photography2005 The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Camera/Director of Photography2005 Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Camera/Director of Photography2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Camera/Director of Photography2003 Coffee and Cigarettes
Camera/Director of Photography2002 Jim Brown: All-American
Camera/Director of Photography2002 Analyze That
Camera/Director of Photography2002 Personal Velocity
Camera/Director of Photography2001 A Huey P. Newton Story
Camera/Director of Photography2001 Blow
Camera/Director of Photography2000 Bamboozled
Camera/Director of Photography1999 Just the Ticket
Camera/Director of Photography1999 Summer of Sam
Camera/Director of Photography1998 He Got Game
Camera/Director of Photography1997 4 Little Girls
Camera/Director of Photography1996 I Shot Andy Warhol
Camera/Director of Photography1996 The Dadshuttle
Camera/Director of Photography1996 If These Walls Could Talk
Camera/Director of Photography1995 Angela
Camera/Director of Photography1995 Unzipped
Camera/Director of Photography1995 Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
Camera/Director of Photography1994 Postcards from America
Camera/Director of Photography1993 Geoffrey Beene 30
Camera/Director of Photography1992 Swoon
Camera/Director of Photography1992 Guerrillas In Our Midst
Camera/Assistant Camera1989 He Was Once
Camera/Director of Photography1989 Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia

TV Shows/Series with Ellen Kuras as Crew(10)

Directing/Director2022 The Terminal List
Directing/Director2022 Inventing Anna
Camera/Director of Photography2021 Pretend It's a City
Directing/Director2020 Brave New World
Directing/Director2019 The Umbrella Academy
Production/Producer2019 Catch-22
Directing/Director2019 Catch-22
Directing/Director2017 Ozark
Directing/Director2017 Legion
Directing/Director2016 Falling Water

Full Name: Ellen Kuras
Born: Friday, 07/10 1959 (July) in New Jersey (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 64 years + 263 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Cedar Grove High School
Ellen Kuras frequently works together with these people:
Martin Scorsese (20x, Actor)
Spike Lee (19x, Crew)
Michel Gondry (7x, Crew)
Christine Vachon (7x, Crew)
David Tedeschi (7x, Crew)
Rebecca Miller (6x, Crew)
Tom Kalin (6x, Crew)
Ivana Primorac (6x, Crew)
Philip Stockton (6x, Crew)
Tom Fleischman (6x, Crew)
Dominique Barrett (4x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:220800, Added: 07/29/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024