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Robert Elswit
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Robert Christopher Elswit
April 22
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1950
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Known For
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Magnolia (1999)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
The Town (2010)
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Cinematographer
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2012
The Bourne Legacy
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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 movie)
1981
A Single Light
(TV movie)
1980
CBS Library
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The Incredible Book Escape
(1980)
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Visual Effects
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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)
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Camera and Electrical Department
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2008
Shine a Light
(documentary) (camera operator - as Bob Elswit)
1978
Genesis
(documentary short) (assistant camera)
1977
Fraternity Row
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2008
The 80th Annual Academy Awards
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2006
The Informer: Out of the Fog
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2006
2006 Independent Spirit Awards
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2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
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