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Robert Elswit

Cinematographer | Visual Effects | Camera and Electrical Department

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As of 2008, he has shot all of Paul Thomas Anderson's feature films, starting with Hard Eight (A.K.A. "Sydney"). See more trivia »

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Robert Christopher Elswit
in California, USA
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Filmography

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2014 Inherent Vice (filming)
 
2013 Criminal Justice (TV series) (completed)
 
2012 The Bourne Legacy (director of photography)
 
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (director of photography)
 
2010 The Town (director of photography)
 
2010 Salt (director of photography)
 
2010 Lost Masterpieces of Pornography (video short) (director of photography)
 
2009 The Men Who Stare at Goats (director of photography)
 
2009 Duplicity (director of photography)
 
2008 The Burning Plain (director of photography)
 
2008 Redbelt (director of photography)
 
2007 There Will Be Blood (director of photography)
 
2007 Michael Clayton (director of photography)
 
2006 American Dreamz
 
2005 Syriana (director of photography)
 
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. (director of photography)
 
2003 Runaway Jury
 
2003 Gigli
 
2003 Mattress Man Commercial (video short)
 
2003 Behind the Red Door
 
2002 Punch-Drunk Love (director of photography)
 
2001 Impostor
 
2001 Heist (director of photography)
 
2000 Bounce
 
1999 Magnolia
 
1999 8MM
 
1998 Richard Lester! (documentary short)
 
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies (director of photography)
 
1997 Boogie Nights
 
1996 Boys
 
1996 The Pallbearer
 
1996 Hard Eight
 
1994 The River Wild (director of photography)
 
1993 A Dangerous Woman
 
1992 A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story (TV movie)
 
1992 Waterland
 
1992 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
 
1991 Vidiots (TV movie)
 
1991 Paris Trout
 
1991 The Summer My Father Grew Up (TV movie)
 
1991 Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (TV movie) (segments 1, 2)
 
1990 Opposites Attract (TV movie)
 
1990 A Killing in a Small Town (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
1990 Bad Influence
 
1989 Heart of Dixie (director of photography)
 
1989 How I Got Into College
 
1989 Margaret Bourke-White (TV movie)
 
1989 Dream Street (TV series)
 
1988 Return of the Living Dead Part II (director of photography)
 
1988 Cadillac Dreams (short)
 
1987 Into the Homeland (TV movie)
 
1987 Long Gone (TV movie)
 
1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck
 
1986 Trick or Treat
 
1986 The Children of Times Square (TV movie)
 
1985 Desert Hearts
 
1985 Moving Violations (director of photography)
 
1985 The Sure Thing (director of photography)
 
1983 Tiger Town (TV movie)
 
1983 Summerspell
 
1982 Waltz Across Texas
 
1982 The End of August (director of photography / as Bob Elswit)
 
1982 All Summer in a Day (TV short) (director of photography)
 
1981 A Single Light (TV movie)
 
1980 CBS Library (TV series)
– The Incredible Book Escape (1980)
 
Show ShowVisual Effects (4 titles)
1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (effects cameraman: ILM)
 
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (camera operator: ILM)
 
1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (matte photography assistant: miniature and optical effects unit)
 
1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (photographic effects photography: Apogee, Inc. - as Robert Elswitt)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (3 titles)
2008 Shine a Light (documentary) (camera operator - as Bob Elswit)
 
1978 Genesis (documentary short) (assistant camera)
 
1977 Fraternity Row (camera operator)
 
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2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
 
2006 The Informer: Out of the Fog (video short)
Himself
 
2006 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 That Moment: Magnolia Diary (video documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Bob Elswit | Robert Elswitt
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Trivia:

As of 2008, he has shot all of Paul Thomas Anderson's feature films, starting with Hard Eight (A.K.A. "Sydney"). See more »

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