Elliott Erwitt

Elliott Erwitt

Birth : 1928-07-26, Paris, France

History

Elliott Erwitt is a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings.

Profile

Elliott Erwitt

Movies

Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Himself
Elliott Erwitt has spent his entire adult life taking photographs, of presidents, popes and movie stars, as well as regular people and their pets. His work is iconic in world culture while his life is largely unknown.
Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum
Interviewee
The film tells the story of the intimate and unprecedented encounter between the photojournalists of the Magnum Agency and the world of cinema. The confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality. For 70 years their paths crossed: a family of photographers, amongst them the biggest names in photography, and a family of actors and filmmakers who helped write the history of cinema, from John Huston to Marilyn Monroe to Orson Welles, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn.
Everybody Street
Celebrated filmmaker and photographer Cheryl Dunn turns her lens on the pioneers and masters of New York street photography. Dunn profiles artists spanning six decades, including Bruce Davidson, Mary Ellen Mark, Jill Freedman, Jeff Mermelstein and Martha Cooper, revealing that these shooters are as colourful and unique as the subjects they’ve relentlessly documented. Everybody Street explores the passion that compelled Freedman to spend years riding in squad cars during the most violent years in the city; Bruce Gilden’s drive to thrust his camera in people’s faces to capture a moment; and Martha Cooper’s dedication to chasing graffiti on passing subway cars in the Bronx. The film is a definitive look at the iconic visionaries of this often imitated art form.
Making 'The Misfits'
Self - Photographer
A behind-the-scenes and in-depth look at the making of John Huston's The Misfits (1961).
Beauty Knows No Pain
Director
In 1940, the Kilgore College Rangerettes became the first dancing drill team in the nation. They have been performing at half-time shows during college football games ever since.
Arthur Penn: The Director
Cinematography
A short documentary about Arthur Penn.
Arthur Penn: The Director
Producer
A short documentary about Arthur Penn.
Arthur Penn: The Director
Writer
A short documentary about Arthur Penn.
Arthur Penn: The Director
Director
A short documentary about Arthur Penn.
Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Himself
Presents an intimate view of four decades of the Swiss-born artist Robert Frank who has had an extraordinary influence on contemporary photography and filmmaking. This documentary which examines his life through his films and photographs, includes interviews with many of his collaborators and contemporaries. Written, directed and edited by Philip Brookman, Amy Brookman