Ellen Kuras

Born July 10, 1959· New Jersey, USA

6Roles★ 4.8Average rating

Raised in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, Kuras earned a double degree in anthropology and semiotics at Brown University before studying photography at RISD and 8 mm filmmaking in New York, aiming for documentary work and briefly planning a Fulbright study in Poland. She entered the industry in 1987 with the groundbreaking Cambodian documentary Samsara: Death and Rebirth, which earned the Eastman Kodak B… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Side by Side2012No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos2009The 4%: Film's Gender Problem2016September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party2006

Filmography

YearRating

★ 7.3

Side by Side2012

Self

★ 5.6

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos2009

Self

★ 3.3

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem2016

Self

Women Behind the Camera2007

★ 3

Women Behind the Camera2007

Self

Shooting Women2008

Shooting Women2008

Self

September in Brooklyn: The Making of Block Party2006

Self

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.

Full directing filmography

★ 6.5

Scarpetta2026

★ 7

Lee2024

★ 6.1

Extrapolations2023

★ 6.8

Inventing Anna2022

★ 8

The Terminal List2022

★ 6.6

Brave New World2020

★ 7.3

Catch-222019

★ 8.5

The Umbrella Academy2019

★ 8.2

Ozark2017

★ 7.5

Legion2017

★ 6.4

Falling Water2016