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Robert Surtees (I) (1906–1985)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Miscellaneous Crew

Robert L. Surtees began his working life as a portrait photographer and retoucher, before becoming camera assistant at Universal in 1927. He spent a lengthy apprenticeship (15 years) working under such experienced cinematographers as Hal Mohr, Joseph Ruttenberg and Gregg Toland. Between 1929 and 1930... See full bio »

Born:

Robert Lee Surtees
in Covington, Kentucky, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Monterey, California, USA
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1978 Same Time, Next Year (director of photography)
 
1978 Bloodbrothers
 
1977 The Turning Point (director of photography)
 
1976 A Star Is Born
 
1975 The Hindenburg (director of photography)
 
1975 The Great Waldo Pepper
 
1973 The Sting (director of photography)
 
1973 Oklahoma Crude (director of photography)
 
1973 Lost Horizon (director of photography)
 
1972 The Other (as Robert L. Surtees)
 
1972 The Cowboys (director of photography)
 
1971 The Last Picture Show (director of photography)
 
1971 Summer of '42
 
1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones
 
1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara (uncredited)
 
1969 The Arrangement (director of photography)
 
1969 Sweet Charity (director of photography)
 
1968 Coogan's Bluff (uncredited)
 
1967 The Graduate (director of photography)
 
1967 Doctor Dolittle (director of photography)
 
1966 Lost Command
 
1965 The Third Day
 
1965 The Hallelujah Trail
 
1965 The Collector (studio segments)
 
1965 The Satan Bug (director of photography)
 
1964 Kisses for My President (director of photography)
 
1963 PT 109 (director of photography / as Robert L. Surtees)
 
1962 Mutiny on the Bounty (director of photography / as Robert L. Surtees)
 
1960 Cimarron (director of photography / as Robert L. Surtees)
 
1960 It Started in Naples (as Robert L. Surtees)
 
1959 Ben-Hur (director of photography / as Robert L. Surtees)
 
1958 The Law and Jake Wade (director of photography)
 
1958 Merry Andrew (director of photography)
 
1957 Raintree County (director of photography)
 
1957 Les Girls
 
1956 The Swan (director of photography)
 
1956 Tribute to a Bad Man
 
1955 Oklahoma! (director of photography)
 
1955 Trial
 
1954 Valley of the Kings
 
1953 The Long, Long Trailer
 
1953 Escape from Fort Bravo (director of photography)
 
1953 Mogambo (director of photography)
 
1953 Ride, Vaquero! (director of photography)
 
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful (director of photography)
 
1952 The Merry Widow
 
1952 The Light Touch
 
1952 The Wild North
 
1951 Quo Vadis (director of photography)
 
1951 The Strip
 
1950 King Solomon's Mines (director of photography)
 
1949 Intruder in the Dust
 
1949 That Midnight Kiss
 
1949 Big Jack
 
1948 Act of Violence (director of photography)
 
1948 The Kissing Bandit
 
1948 A Date with Judy (director of photography)
 
1948 Big City
 
1948 Tenth Avenue Angel
 
1947 The Unfinished Dance
 
1946 No Leave, No Love
 
1946 Two Sisters from Boston (director of photography)
 
1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (director of photography)
 
1945 Strange Holiday
 
1944 Music for Millions (director of photography)
 
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (director of photography)
 
1944 Meet the People
 
1944 Two Girls and a Sailor (director of photography)
 
1943 Lost Angel (director of photography)
 
1943 Election Daze (short)
 
1943 Don't You Believe It (short)
 
1943 Nursery Rhyme Mysteries (short) (as Robert L. Surtees)
 
1943 Heavenly Music (short)
 
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1966 The Chase (additional photographer - uncredited)
 
1952 Scaramouche (director of photography: fill-in - uncredited)
 
1944 The Seventh Cross (director of photography: fill-in - uncredited)
 
1940 It's a Date (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1938 Exposed (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1938 Little Tough Guys in Society (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1938 Mad About Music (second camera - uncredited)
 
1937 Top of the Town (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1935 Captain Blood (second camera operator - uncredited)
 
1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1935 Under Pressure (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1934 Change of Heart (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1933 The Devil's in Love (camera crew member - uncredited)
 
1933 I Loved You Wednesday (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1933 The Warrior's Husband (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1933 State Fair (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1932 Lady with a Past (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1932 A Woman Commands (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1931 Devotion (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
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1956 Around the World in Eighty Days (advisor: Todd-AO process - uncredited)
 

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Member of A.S.C. (American Society of Cinematographers). See more »

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