Robert Elswit

Camera

Born: April 22, 1950 (76 years old)

Place of birth: California, USA

Biography

Robert Christopher Elswit, ASC (born April 22, 1950) is an American cinematographer. He has collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson from 1996 to 2014, winning the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for There Will Be Blood. Elswit has also collaborated with directors and screenwriters Tony and Dan Gilroy on all six films that either brother directed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Elswit, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (72)

• That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000, ★ 7.7)
• Magnolia (1999, ★ 7.7)
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980, ★ 8.4)
• Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005, ★ 7.1)
• All Summer in a Day (1982, ★ 7)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982, ★ 7.5)
• Return of the Jedi (1983, ★ 7.9)
• There Will Be Blood (2007, ★ 8.1)
• Syriana (2005, ★ 6.4)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997, ★ 6.4)
• Michael Clayton (2007, ★ 6.8)
• Boogie Nights (1997, ★ 7.6)
• Into the Homeland (1987, ★ 6.6)
• Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988, ★ 6.4)
• Shine a Light (2008, ★ 6.8)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979, ★ 6.5)
• Runaway Jury (2003, ★ 6.9)
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992, ★ 6.9)
• Heist (2001, ★ 6.3)
• The Town (2010, ★ 7.2)
• Punch-Drunk Love (2002, ★ 7.1)
• Hard Eight (1997, ★ 6.8)
• Nightcrawler (2014, ★ 7.7)
• 8MM (1999, ★ 6.5)
• The River Wild (1994, ★ 6.5)
• The Sure Thing (1985, ★ 6.5)
• Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011, ★ 7.1)
• Inherent Vice (2014, ★ 6.5)
• Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015, ★ 7.2)
• King Richard (2021, ★ 7.6)