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Ellen Hovde

Ellen Hovde

Editor · 1925–2023 · Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Ellen Margerethe Hovde (March 9, 1925 – February 16, 2023) was an American documentarian. She co-directed Grey Gardens with the Maysles brothers. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for producing the 2002 series Benjamin Franklin for PBS.

Edited 8

1980s

  1. 1983

    Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

    Editor

  2. 1980

    Gilda Live

    Editor

1970s

  1. 1976
  2. 1972

    Crush Proof

    Editor

  3. 1970
  4. Arthur Penn: The Director

    Editor

1960s

  1. 1969

    Simon and Garfunkel: Songs of America

    Editor

  2. 1963

    The Chair

    Editor

Directed 11

1990s

  1. 1998

    AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

    Director

  2. 1997

    Liberty!

    Director

  3. 1990

    The Crash of 1929

    Director

1980s

  1. 1988

    An Empire of Reason

    Director

  2. 1983

    Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

    Director

1970s

  1. 1977

    Six American Families

    Co-Director

  2. 1976
  3. The Burks of Georgia

    Director

  4. 1974

    Christo's Valley Curtain

    Director

Produced 3

1990s

  1. 1998

    AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1988

    An Empire of Reason

    Producer

Other crew 1

1970s

  1. 1970

    The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman

    Editorial Staff