Robert Surtees

Won 3 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations. See more awards »

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Known For

Ben-Hur Cinematographer

(1959)

The Graduate Cinematographer

(1967)

The Last Picture Show Cinematographer

(1971)

The Sting Cinematographer

(1973)

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Filmography

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Cinematographer (73 credits)

1978 Same Time, Next Year (director of photography)

1978 Bloodbrothers (director of photography)

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 (director of photography - 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

1954 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 Wild North

1951 The Light Touch

1951 Quo Vadis (director of photography)

1951 The Strip (director of photography)

1950 King Solomon's Mines (director of photography)

1949 Intruder in the Dust

1949 That Midnight Kiss

1949 Big Jack

1949 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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Camera and Electrical Department (22 credits)

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 Worst Woman in Paris? (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 Week Ends Only (assistant camera)

1932 Lady with a Past (assistant camera - uncredited)

1932 A Woman Commands (assistant camera - uncredited)

1931 Devotion (assistant camera - uncredited)

1930 The Naughty Flirt (assistant camera - uncredited)

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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)

1956 Around the World in 80 Days (advisor: Todd-AO process - uncredited)

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Self (1 credit)

1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - winner for Cinematography black & white film

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Robert L. Surtees

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on working with Mike Nichols on "The Graduate"]: Mike was the boss. No-one was going to come onto the set and question what he did. They wouldn't dare; he wouldn't stand for it. Which was nice for me. The only man I had to please was Mike Nichols. The director runs the show. He makes the picture. You have one allegiance - not to the studio, not to the producer, but to the director, and that's it.