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Robert Elfstrom

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Hide HideCinematographer (48 titles)
2011 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– John Muir in the New World (2011)
 
2011 Keeping Score (TV series documentary)
– Mahler: Origins (2011)
 
2010 William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible (documentary)
 
2010 Dancing Across Borders (documentary)
 
2007-2009 Art in the Twenty-First Century (TV series documentary)
– Systems (2009)
– Transformation (2009)
– Fantasy (2009)
– Compassion (2009)
– Ecology (2007)
See all 6 episodes »
 
2008 Inside Operation Wildfire (TV documentary)
 
2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (documentary)
 
2002-2006 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
– Annie Oakley (2006)
– Public Enemy Number 1 (2002) (as Bob Elfstrom)
 
2006 Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott (short)
 
2006 The New Medicine (TV documentary) (as Bob Elfstrom)
 
2005 Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories (TV documentary)
 
2003-2004 Nova (TV series documentary)
– Origins: Back to the Beginning (2004)
– Origins: Where Are the Aliens? (2004)
– Wright Brothers' Flying Machine (2003)
 
2004 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
– Freedom Machines (2004)
 
1998-2004 Frontline (TV series documentary)
– Diet Wars (2004)
– The Lost Children of Rockdale County (1999)
– The High Price of Health (1998)
 
2003 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– Bird by Bird with Annie (2003)
 
2002 Evolution (TV series documentary)
– What About God? (2002)
 
2002 Know Your Foe (video documentary short)
 
2002 Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' (video documentary short)
 
2001 Vietnam's Unseen War: Pictures from the Other Side (TV documentary)
 
2001 Flesh + Steel: The Making of 'RoboCop' (video documentary short)
 
1999 Bird by Bird with Anne (documentary) (as Bob Elfstrom)
 
1999 Xtreme: Sports to Die For (TV documentary)
 
1998 Life Beyond Earth (TV documentary)
 
1997 Death Rituals (TV documentary)
 
1995 National Geographic Explorer (TV series documentary)
– Animal Minds (1995)
 
1993 Galapagos: My Fragile World (TV documentary)
 
1993 The Lost Fleet of Guadalcanal (TV documentary)
 
1991 Caribbean Cool (TV documentary)
 
1990 Danger at the Beach (TV documentary)
 
1990 When the Earth Quakes (TV documentary)
 
1985 Smithsonian World (TV series)
– On the Shoulders of Giants (1985)
 
1981 Hopper's Silence (documentary)
 
1981 Sixth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (TV movie)
 
1981 Omni: The New Frontier (TV series documentary)
– Bionic Kidney/Andrus Magic (1981)
– Body Part Regeneration (1981)
– Protein Brain (1981)
– Robots, Underground Housing (1981)
 
1980 Mysteries of the Sea (TV documentary)
 
1978-1979 Operation: Lifeline (TV series documentary)
– Dr. Joan Hodgeman (1979)
– Robert Simon: Vascular Surgeon (1979)
– Dr. Theodore Kurze (1979)
– A Doctor's Story (1979)
– Daniel Smith (1978) (director of photography)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1979 No Maps on My Taps (documentary)
 
1979 The Body Human: The Sexes (TV documentary)
 
1978 The Body Human: The Red River (TV documentary)
 
1977 The Body Human: The Miracle Months (TV documentary)
 
1973 Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
 
1970 Hi, Mom! (director of photography)
 
1970 National Geographic Specials (TV series documentary)
– Wild River (1970)
 
1970 Other Voices (documentary)
 
1970 The Nashville Sound (documentary)
 
1969 Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music (documentary)
 
1968 The Queen (documentary)
 
1966 Lay My Burden Down (documentary)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (30 titles)
2010 Always My Son (documentary short) (additional cinematography)
 
2009 Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (video documentary short) (additional photography)
 
2009 Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (documentary) (director of photography: Joan Baez interview - as Bob Elfstrom)
 
2009 San Quentin Film School (TV series documentary) (guest cinematographer - 1 episode)
– Episode #1.2 (2009) (guest cinematographer)
 
2004-2009 Nova (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 2 episodes)
– The Big Energy Gamble (2009) (camera operator)
– Origins: Where Are the Aliens? (2004) (camera operator)
 
2007 Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (documentary) (camera operator)
 
2007 Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (documentary) (additional photography)
 
2006 The Mystery of Love (TV documentary) (camera operator)
 
2006 Lost Secrets of Ancient Medicine: The Blue Buddha in Russia (documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
2006 Lost Secrets of Ancient Medicine: The Journey of the Blue Buddha (documentary) (additional cinematographer)
 
2004 Great Performances (TV series) (camera operator - 1 episode)
– Keeping Score: MTT on Music (2004) (camera operator)
 
2004 Cat Stevens: Majikat (TV movie) (cameraman: concert)
 
2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (documentary) (additional camera operator - as Bob Elfstrom)
 
2003 Bloodlines: Technology Hits Home (TV documentary) (camera operator)
 
2002 Benjamin Franklin (TV mini-series documentary) (additional photographer)
 
2002 The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (TV documentary) (camera operator)
 
2002 The Making of 'Amadeus' (video documentary) (camera operator)
 
1994-2002 Real Sex (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 4 episodes)
– Real Sex 30 (2002) (camera operator)
– Real Sex 19 (1998) (camera operator)
– Real Sex 18 (1997) (camera operator)
– Real Sex 8 (1994) (camera operator)
 
2002 Evolution (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 2 episodes)
– Great Transformations (2002) (camera operator)
– The Mind's Big Bang (2002) (camera operator)
 
1997-2001 Frontline (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 5 episodes)
– Blackout (2001) (camera operator)
– The Merchants of Cool (2001) (camera operator)
– Making Babies (1999) (camera operator)
– Last Battle of the Gulf War (1998) (camera operator)
– Betting on the Market (1997) (camera operator)
 
1996 The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith: A Bill Moyers Special (TV mini-series documentary) (cinematographer - 1996)
 
1989 The Infinite Voyage (TV series documentary) (additional photography - 1 episode)
– The Great Dinosaur Hunt (1989) (additional photography)
 
1987 Islands (TV documentary) (cinematographer)
 
1985 Ornette: Made in America (documentary) (camera operator: 1968)
 
1982 Say Amen, Somebody (documentary) (additional camera operator)
 
1981 Sixth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (TV movie) (principal photography)
 
1980 He Knows You're Alone (grip - as Bob Elfstrom)
 
1976 Super Bowl (TV documentary) (camera operator - as Bob Elfstrom)
 
1974 Phantom of the Paradise (special photography for wedding)
 
1970 Gimme Shelter (documentary) (camera operator)
 
Show ShowDirector (7 titles)
1981 Sixth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (TV movie)
 
1978-1979 Operation: Lifeline (TV series documentary)
– Dr. Joan Hodgeman (1979)
– Robert Simon: Vascular Surgeon (1979)
– A Doctor's Story (1979)
– Daniel Smith (1978)
– Donald Trunkey (1978)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1978 The Body Human: The Red River (TV documentary)
 
1978 The Body Human: The Vital Connection (TV documentary)
 
1973 Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
 
1970 The Nashville Sound (documentary)
 
1969 Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music (documentary)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
2011 White Lie (short)
 
2009 The Uh-oh Show
Fred's Entourage
 
2008/I The Good Samaritan (short)
Priest
 
1973 Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
Jesus Christ
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1996 Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (documentary short) (production stills/footage - as Bob Elfstrom)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1969 Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music (documentary) (writer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2012 I Am Divine (documentary) (special thanks) (post-production)
 

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