Robert Elswit
Robert Elswit | |
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Born | Robert Christopher Elswit April 22, 1950[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | AFI Conservatory |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Known for | Good Night, and Good Luck There Will Be Blood |
Title | ASC |
Awards |
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Robert Christopher Elswit, ASC (born April 22, 1950) is an American cinematographer. He has collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson on six of his films and won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for There Will Be Blood.[2] Elswit has also collaborated with directors and screenwriters Tony and Dan Gilroy on all of the six films that either brother directed.
Biography
Elswit was born in
Filmography
Film
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Short films
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1988 | Cadillac Dreams | Matia Karrell | |
1998 | Richard Lester! | Stacy Cochran | Documentary short |
2010 | Lost Masterpieces of Pornography | David Mamet | |
2019 | Apple Snowbrawl | David Leitch |
Television
TV movies
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1981 | A Single Light | Karl Epstein | |
1982 | All Summer in a Day | Ed Kaplan | |
1983 | Tiger Town | Alan Shapiro | |
1986 | The Children of Times Square | Curtis Hanson | |
1987 | A Different Affair | Noel Nosseck | |
Long Gone | Martin Davidson | ||
Into the Homeland | Lesli Linka Glatter | ||
1989 | Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White | Lawrence Schiller | |
1990 | A Killing in a Small Town | Stephen Gyllenhaal | |
Opposites Attract | Noel Nosseck | ||
Steel Magnolias | Thomas Schlamme | ||
1991 | Prison Stories: Women on the Inside | Donna Deitch Joan Micklin Silver |
Segments "Esperanza" and "Parole Board" |
The Summer My Father Grew Up | Michael Tuchner | ||
Vidiots | Howard Storm | ||
1992 | A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story | Martin Davidson |
TV series
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1985 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Michael Toshiyuki Uno | Episode: "The War Between the Classes" |
1992 | Human Target | Max Tash | Episode: "Pilot" |
1997 | Prince Street | Roger Spottiswoode | Episode: "Pilot" |
2016 | The Night Of | Steven Zaillian | Episode: "The Beach" |
2024 | Ripley | 8 episodes[11] |
Awards and nominations
- 2006: Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated)
- 2008: There Will Be Blood (won)
American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
- 2006: Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated)
- 2008: There Will Be Blood
Austin Film Critics Association for Best Cinematography
- 2007: There Will Be Blood
Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Cinematography
- 2007: There Will Be Blood (nominated)
- 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated)
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
- 2008: There Will Be Blood (nominated)
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography
- 2008: There Will Be Blood (nominated)
CableACE Award for Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction for a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries
- 1988: Long Gone (nominated)
Camerimage Golden Frog Award
- 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated)
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
- 2006: Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated)
- 2007: There Will Be Blood (nominated)
- 2014: Inherent Vice (nominated)
- 1986: CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
(For episode "The War Between The Classes")
Houston Film Critics Society for Best Cinematography
- 2014: Inherent Vice (nominated)
- 2006: Good Night, and Good Luck
- 1998: Sydney (nominated)
International Online Cinema Awards for Best Cinematography
- 2008: There Will Be Blood (nominated)
International Online Film Critics' Poll Award for Best Cinematography
- 2009: There Will Be Blood (nominated)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
- 2006: Good Night, and Good Luck
- 2007: There Will Be Blood (2nd place)
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
- 2008: There Will Be Blood
- 2006: Good Night, and Good Luck (2nd place)
- 2003: Punch-Drunk Love (3rd place)
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer
- 2007: There Will Be Blood
- 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck (2nd place)
New York Film Critics Online for Best Cinematography
- 2007: There Will Be Blood
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
- 2008: There Will Be Blood (nominated)
- 2006: Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated)
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
- 2014: Nightcrawler
- 2007: There Will Be Blood (2nd place)
Satellite Award for Best Cinematography
- 2015: Inherent Vice (nominated)
- 2010: Salt (nominated)
- 2007: There Will Be Blood (nominated)
- 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated)
St. Louis Film Critics Association
- 2014: Nightcrawler (nominated)
- 2007: There Will Be Blood (nominated)
- 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck (nominated)
Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
- 2014: Nightcrawler
References
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 7th, 2010.
- ^ Eugene Hernandez, "Decade: Paul Thomas Anderson on 'There Will Be Blood'," indieWIRE (December 24, 2009) Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ISBN 9781000359855.
- ^ "ROBERT ELSWIT". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ "A Little More Than Luck on Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck - Studio Daily". Studio Daily. 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ "A Little More Than Luck on Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck," StudioDaily (January 1, 2006) Retrieved April 19, 2011.
- ^ "A Little More Than Luck on Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck," StudioDaily (January 1, 2006) Retrieved April 19, 2011.
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 7th, 2010.
- ^ "A Little More Than Luck on Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck". StudioDaily.
- ^ "Conversations with Jake Gyllenhaal". YouTube.
- ISSN 0002-7928.
External links
- Robert Elswit at IMDb