Ellen Kuras

Ellen Kuras ASC (born July 10, 1959 in New Jersey^[1]) is an American cinematographer. She has collaborated several times with directors Michel Gondry and Spike Lee.

Filmography

• Away We Go (2009)
• The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) (2008) (also director, writer, and producer)
• Lou Reed's Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (2008)
• Shine a Light (2008) (camera operator)
• Be Kind Rewind (2008)
• Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
• Block Party (2005)
• No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
• The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
• Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) (segments "Renee" and "No Problem")
• Analyze That (2002)
• Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
• Blow (2001)
• Bamboozled (2000)
• Summer of Sam (1999)
• 4 Little Girls (1997)
• I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
• Angela (1995)
• Swoon (1992)

Awards and nominations

Academy Award for Documentary Feature

• 2008 – The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), nominated, with Thavisouk Phrasavath

Emmy Awards

• 1998 – 4 Little Girls, nominated (Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Programming – Cinematography)

Independent Spirit Awards

• 2008 – The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), nominated (Best Documentary)
• 2002 – Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, nominated (Best Cinematography)
• 1992 – Swoon, nominated (Best Cinematography)

Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography

• 2005 – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, nominated

Sundance Film Festival

• 2008 – The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), nominated (Grand Jury Prize: Documentary)
• 2002 – Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, won (Cinematography Award: Dramatic)
• 1995 – Angela, won (Cinematography Award: Dramatic)
• 1992 – Swoon, won (Cinematography Award: Dramatic)

References

External links

• Ellen Kuras at the Internet Movie Database