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Ellen Kuras

Camera

Born July 10, 1959 · New Jersey, USA

Biography

Ellen Kuras ASC (born July 10, 1959 in New Jersey) is an American cinematographer and director. She has collaborated several times with directors Michel Gondry and Spike Lee. In 2013 she was a member of the jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Awards & recognition

  • Crystal Award · 2024

Filmography47 titles

The Umbrella Academy

2019Director

Ozark

2017Director

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004Director of Photography

The Terminal List

2022Director

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

2011Director of Photography

David Byrne's American Utopia

2020Director of Photography

Jane

2017Director of Photography

Legion

2017Director

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

2006Director of Photography

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023Second Unit Director

Pretend It's a City

2021Director of Photography

Blow

2001Director of Photography

Catch-22

2019Producer

Side by Side

2012as Self

4 Little Girls

1997Director of Photography

Lee

2023Director

Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends

2021Director of Photography

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

2019Director of Photography

Coffee and Cigarettes

2003Director of Photography

Shine a Light

2008Director of Photography

Lou Reed's Berlin

2007Director of Photography

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

2005Director of Photography

Brave New World

2020Director

Away We Go

2009Director of Photography

He Got Game

1998Director of Photography

If These Walls Could Talk

1996Director of Photography

Beatles '64

2024Director of Photography

Summer of Sam

1999Director of Photography

Bob Dylan - Trouble No More

2017Director of Photography

Falling Water

2016Director

A Little Chaos

2014Director of Photography

Be Kind Rewind

2008Director of Photography

Bamboozled

2000Director of Photography

Wormwood

2017Director of Photography

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

2005Director of Photography

Extrapolations

2023Director

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2008as Self

Personal Velocity

2002Director of Photography

Analyze That

2002Director of Photography

Swoon

1992Director of Photography

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy

1989Assistant Director

Angela

1996Director of Photography

A Huey P. Newton Story

2001Director of Photography

The Truth About Charlie

2002Thanks

Personality Crisis: One Night Only

2022Director of Photography

The Mod Squad

1999Director of Photography

Monster in the Mind

2016Director of Photography