About
Ellen Kuras
Overview
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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2016 | The 4%: Film's Gender Problem | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Side by Side | Actor | Self | 63 Fair |
| 2009 | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Shooting Women | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Women Behind the Camera | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2006 | September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
Directing |
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| 2024 | Lee | Directing | Director | 64 Fair |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Directing | Second Unit Director | 72 Good |
| 2008 | The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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| 2008 | The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Production |
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| 2019 | Catch-22 | Production | Producer | 73 Good |
Camera |
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| 2024 | Beatles '64 | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Personality Crisis: One Night Only | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Pretend It's a City | Camera | Director of Photography | 71 Good |
| 2020 | Making 'The Irishman' | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2020 | David Byrne's American Utopia | Camera | Director of Photography | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
| 2017 | Jane | Camera | Director of Photography | 62 Fair |
| 2017 | Wormwood | Camera | Director of Photography | 67 Fair |
| 2017 | Wormwood | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Bob Dylan - Trouble No More | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 2015 | A Little Chaos | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Camera | Director of Photography | 72 Good |
| 2011 | Public Speaking | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Away We Go | Camera | Director of Photography | 62 Fair |
| 2008 | The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Shine a Light | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
| 2008 | Be Kind Rewind | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | The Key to Reserva | Camera | Additional Photography | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Lou Reed's Berlin | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Neil Young: Heart of Gold | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Dave Chappelle's Block Party | Camera | Director of Photography | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and Rose | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Camera | Director of Photography | 80 Very good |
| 2004 | Coffee and Cigarettes | Camera | Director of Photography | 65 Fair |
| 2002 | Analyze That | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Jim Brown: All-American | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Personal Velocity | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 2001 | A Huey P. Newton Story | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Blow | Camera | Director of Photography | 72 Good |
| 2000 | Bamboozled | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
| 1999 | The Mod Squad | Camera | Director of Photography | 55 Average |
| 1998 | He Got Game | Camera | Director of Photography | 63 Fair |
| 1998 | Just the Ticket | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1997 | 4 Little Girls | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 1996 | The Dadshuttle | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Angela | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Unzipped | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Roy Cohn/Jack Smith | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Postcards from America | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Geoffrey Beene 30 | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | Swoon | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Guerrillas In Our Midst | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | He Was Once | Camera | Assistant Camera | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Samsara: Death and Rebirth in Cambodia | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| Aldeas—A New Story | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
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Lighting |
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| 1990 | The World According to John Coltrane | Lighting | Gaffer | 59 Average |