Robert Elswit

Won 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 39 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

There Will Be Blood Cinematographer

(2007)

Good Night, and Good Luck. Cinematographer

(2005)

Nightcrawler Cinematographer

(2014)

Punch-Drunk Love Cinematographer

(2002)

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Filmography

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Cinematographer (84 credits)

2019 Velvet Buzzsaw (post-production)

2018 Skyscraper (director of photography)

2018 Write When You Get Work

2017 Roman J. Israel, Esq. (director of photography)

2017 Suburbicon

2016/I Gold (director of photography)

2016 Nespresso: Change Nothing (Video short)

The Night Of (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode) (director of photography - 1 episode, 2016)

- The Beach (2016) ... (director of photography)

- Unaired 2013 Pilot

2015 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2014 Inherent Vice

2014 Nightcrawler (director of photography)

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 Blossoms & Blood (Video short)

2003 Mattress Man Commercial (Video short)

2003 Punch-Drunk Love: 12 Scopitones (Short)

2003 Punch-Drunk Love: Deleted Scenes (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 Aimee Mann: Save Me (Video short)

1999 Fiona Apple: Fast as You Can (Video short)

1999 8MM

1998 Richard Lester! (Documentary short)

1997 Tomorrow Never Dies (director of photography)

1997 Boogie Nights

1997 Michael Penn: Try (Video short)

1997 Prince Street (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Pilot (1997)

1996 Boys

1996 The Pallbearer

1996 Hard Eight

1994 The River Wild (director of photography)

1993 A Dangerous Woman

1992 Human Target (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Unaired Pilot (1992)

- Pilot (1992)

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) (segment "1, 2")

1990 Opposites Attract (TV Movie)

1990 Steel Magnolias (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 Cadillac Dreams (Short)

1988 Return of the Living Dead II (director of photography)

1987 Into the Homeland (TV Movie)

1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck

1987 Long Gone (TV Movie)

1986 Trick or Treat (director of photography)

1986 The Children of Times Square (TV Movie)

1985 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) (director of photography - 1 episode)

- The War Between the Classes (1985) ... (director of photography)

1985 Desert Hearts

1985 Moving Violations (director of photography)

1985 The Sure Thing (director of photography)

1983 Summerspell

1983 Tiger Town (TV Movie) (director of photography)

1982 All Summer in a Day (TV Short) (director of photography)

1982 Waltz Across Texas

1981 A Single Light (TV Movie)

1981 The End of August (director of photography - as Bob Elswit)

1980 CBS Library (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Incredible Book Escape (1980)

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Visual effects (4 credits)

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 (3 credits)

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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Thanks (2 credits)

2016 Superwomen (Short) (very special thanks) (completed)

2015 The Diary of a Teenage Girl (the director wishes to thank)

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Self (7 credits)

2018 Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (TV Series)
Himself

- Cinematographers (2018) ... Himself

2017 Remembering Reno (Video documentary short)
Himself

2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner

2006 The Informer: Out of the Fog (Video short)
Himself

2006 2006 Independent Spirit Awards (TV Special)
Himself

2004 Shadow and Light: Cinematography (Video short)
Himself

2000 That Moment: Magnolia Diary (Video documentary)
Himself (as Robert Elswitt)

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Was interviewed in an episode of Talking Movies (1999). The other interviewees were George Clooney and Stephen Gaghan. See more »

Alternate Names:

Bob Elswit | Robert Elswitt

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Gigli (2003)] Nobody sets out to make a bad movie. Marty Brest [Martin Brest] is one of the smartest, funniest, most intelligent, strange, neurotic human beings I've ever worked with, and I really loved it. What he can't do is write. He made a horrible mistake. He tried to write his own movie. There are some people whose imaginative skills are all about taking a screenplay and working it into... See more »

Trivia:

Has shot all of Paul Thomas Anderson's feature films ever since Hard Eight (1996) (A.K.A. "Sydney") except The Master (2012), which was shot by Mihai Malaimare Jr.. See more »