Ellen Kuras

Ellen Kuras
Born	(1959-07-10) July 10, 1959 New Jersey
Occupation	Cinematographer, director
Years active	1988-present

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.

Filmography

• "Public Speaking" (2010)
• 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)

External links

• Ellen Kuras at the Internet Movie Database