Robert Elswit
Robert Christopher Elswit (born April 22, 1950 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American cameraman .
Live and act
Before his career in the film business, Elswit studied at various universities. He attended the University of California , the University of Southern California and the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he graduated in 1977. He began his film career in 1977 as a cameraman for The College Gang . He also worked for Industrial Light & Magic and worked in the visual effects department on films such as Return of the Jedi . In 1980 he worked as a cameraman for the television series CBS Library . A year later he shot his first feature film, A Single Light, as the chief cameraman.
Robert Elswit has worked with a wide variety of directors in his career. He made several films with Stephen Gyllenhaal , in 2002 and 2003 he worked with Gary Fleder and the 1996 film Last Exit Reno marked the first film collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson , which - with the exception of The Master from 2012 - has been with whose filming was continued.
In 2005 Elswit was recognized for his work on Good Night, and Good Luck. nominated for an Oscar , three years later he was awarded this for There Will Be Blood . Elswit also received an Independent Spirit Award in the Best Camera category for Good Night, and Good Luck in 2006 . In the same category, he was recognized a year earlier at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards . His first award was an Emmy in 1986 for camerawork on a CBS Schoolbreak Special.
Filmography (selection)
- 1979: Strange Fruit
- 1980: CBS Library (TV series, episode 2x01 The Incredible Book Escape )
- 1985: The Sure Thing (The Sure Thing)
- 1985: Traffic School - The Sheet Metal and Roof Damage Company (Moving Violations)
- 1986: Ragman (Trick or Treat)
- 1988: The Wild Zombies have a great time (Return of the Living Dead Part II)
- 1990: Death Friends - Bad Influence (Bad Influence)
- 1992: Waterland
- 1994: The River Wild (The River Wild)
- 1996: Last Exit Reno (Sydney)
- 1996: The Pallbearer (The Pallbearer)
- 1996: Run Off (Boys)
- 1997: Boogie Nights
- 1997: James Bond 007 - Tomorrow Never Dies
- 1999: 8mm - Eight Millimeters (8MM)
- 1999: Magnolia
- 2000: Bounce - A Chance for Love (Bounce)
- 2001: Heist - The Last Coup (Heist)
- 2001: Impostor
- 2002: Punch-Drunk Love
- 2003: Love with Risk - Gigli (Gigli)
- 2003: The verdict - everyone is for sale (Runaway Jury)
- 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck.
- 2005: Syriana
- 2006: American Dreamz (American Dreamz)
- 2007: Michael Clayton
- 2007: There Will Be Blood
- 2008: The Burning Plain (The Burning Plain)
- 2009: The Men Who Stare at Goats (The Men Who Stare at Goats)
- 2010: Salt
- 2010: The Town (The Town)
- 2011: Mission: Impossible - Phantom Protocol (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol)
- 2012: The Bourne Legacy (The Bourne Legacy)
- 2014: Nightcrawler - Every night has its price (Nightcrawler)
- 2014: Inherent Vice - Natural Defects (Inherent Vice)
- 2015: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
- 2016: gold
- 2017: Suburbicon
- 2017: Roman J. Israel, Esq. - The truth and nothing but the truth (Roman J. Israel, Esq.)
- 2018: Skyscraper
- 2019: The Dead Man's Art (Velvet Buzzsaw)
- 2020: The King of Staten Island
Web links
- Robert Elswit in the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers (English)
- Robert Elswit in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Elswit, Robert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elswit, Robert Christopher (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , USA |