Person
Robert Elswit
Camera · Born 1950-04-22 · 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.
Known for
The Punisher: One Last Kill
Director of Photography
The Oscars
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Empire Strikes Back
Visual Effects Lineup
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Visual Effects Camera
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Director of Photography
The Night Of
Director of Photography
There Will Be Blood
Director of Photography
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Director of Photography
Return of the Jedi
Visual Effects Camera
Filmography
- 2026The Punisher: One Last KillDirector of Photography
- 2025Ella McCayDirector of Photography
- 2024RIPLEYDirector of Photography
- 2024Bob Marley: One LoveDirector of Photography
- 2021King RichardDirector of Photography
- 2020The King of Staten IslandDirector of Photography
- 2019Velvet BuzzsawDirector of Photography
- 2018SkyscraperDirector of Photography
- 2018Write When You Get WorkDirector of Photography
- 2017Roman J. Israel, Esq.Director of Photography
- 2017Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert HeartsSelf
- 2017SuburbiconDirector of Photography
- 2016The Night OfDirector of Photography
- 2016GoldDirector of Photography
- 2015The Diary of a Teenage GirlThanks
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
- 2015Mission: Impossible - Rogue NationDirector of Photography
- 2014Inherent ViceDirector of Photography
- 2014NightcrawlerDirector of Photography
- 2012The Bourne LegacyDirector of Photography
- 2011Mission: Impossible - Ghost ProtocolDirector of Photography
- 2010The TownDirector of Photography
- 2010SaltDirector of Photography
- 2009The Men Who Stare at GoatsDirector of Photography
- 2009DuplicityDirector of Photography
- 2008The Burning PlainDirector of Photography
- 2008RedbeltDirector of Photography
- 2008Shine a LightCamera Operator
- 2007There Will Be BloodDirector of Photography
- 2007Michael ClaytonDirector of Photography
- 2006The Informer: Out of the FogSelf
- 2006American DreamzDirector of Photography
- 2005SyrianaDirector of Photography
- 2005Good Night, and Good Luck.Director of Photography
- 2003GigliDirector of Photography
- 2003Runaway JuryDirector of Photography
- 2003Behind the Red DoorDirector of Photography
- 2002Punch-Drunk LoveDirector of Photography
- 2001ImpostorDirector of Photography
- 2001HeistDirector of Photography
- 2000BounceDirector of Photography
- 2000That Moment: Magnolia DiarySelf
- 1999MagnoliaDirector of Photography
- 19998MMDirector of Photography
- 1998Richard Lester!Director of Photography
- 1997Tomorrow Never DiesDirector of Photography
- 1997Boogie NightsDirector of Photography
- 1997Prince StreetDirector of Photography
- 1997Hard EightDirector of Photography
- 1996BoysDirector of Photography
- 1996The PallbearerDirector of Photography
- 1994The River WildDirector of Photography
- 1993A Dangerous WomanDirector of Photography
- 1992A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus StoryDirector of Photography
- 1992WaterlandDirector of Photography
- 1992Human TargetDirector of Photography
- 1992The Hand That Rocks the CradleDirector of Photography
- 1991Paris TroutDirector of Photography
- 1991The Summer My Father Grew UpDirector of Photography
- 1991Prison Stories: Women on the InsideDirector of Photography
- 1990Opposites AttractDirector of Photography
- 1990A Killing in a Small TownDirector of Photography
- 1990Bad InfluenceDirector of Photography
- 1989Heart of DixieDirector of Photography
- 1989How I Got Into CollegeDirector of Photography
- 1989Margaret Bourke-WhiteDirector of Photography
- 1989Dream StreetDirector of Photography
- 1988Return of the Living Dead Part IIDirector of Photography
- 1988Cadillac DreamsDirector of Photography
- 1987Into the HomelandDirector of Photography
- 1987Long GoneDirector of Photography
- 1987Amazing Grace and ChuckDirector of Photography
- 1987A Different AffairDirector of Photography
- 1986Trick or TreatDirector of Photography
- 1986The Children of Times SquareDirector of Photography
- 1985Desert HeartsDirector of Photography
- 1985Moving ViolationsDirector of Photography
- 1985The Sure ThingDirector of Photography
- 1984Tiger TownDirector of Photography
- 1984CBS Schoolbreak SpecialDirector of Photography
- 1983SummerspellDirector of Photography
- 1983Return of the JediVisual Effects Camera
- 1982Waltz Across TexasDirector of Photography
- 1982E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialVisual Effects Camera
- 1982All Summer in a DayDirector of Photography
- 1981The End of AugustDirector of Photography
- 1980The Empire Strikes BackVisual Effects Lineup
- 1979Star Trek: The Motion PictureVisual Effects Camera
- 1979CBS LibraryDirector of Photography
- 1978Genesis: Four Billion Years in the MakingAssistant Camera
- 1977Fraternity RowCamera Operator
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —Faster, Cheaper, BetterDirector of Photography
- —AnimalsDirector of Photography
- —The Boys from BrazilDirector of Photography
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