Alfred Kellar Ames (September 4, 1866 – May 19, 1950) was an American politician, businessperson and filmmaker. Ames, a Republican, served three terms (1915–20) in the Maine Senate. He owned the Machias Lumber Company. In 1930, Ames and Dr. Howard Kane filmed From Stump to Ship, an industrial film about the logging industry. In 2002, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".