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Robert Elswit

Known For
Camera

Known Credits
5

Gender
Male

Birthday
April 22, 1950 (76 years old)

Place of Birth
California, USA

Robert Elswit

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.

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Known For

Camera

2026The Punisher: One Last Kill...Director of Photography
2025Ella McCay...Director of Photography
2024RIPLEY...Director of Photography
2024Bob Marley: One Love...Director of Photography
2021King Richard...Director of Photography
2020The King of Staten Island...Director of Photography
2019Velvet Buzzsaw...Director of Photography
2018Skyscraper...Director of Photography
2018Write When You Get Work...Director of Photography
2017Roman J. Israel, Esq....Director of Photography
2017Suburbicon...Director of Photography
2016The Night Of...Director of Photography
2016Gold...Director of Photography
2015Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation...Director of Photography
2014Inherent Vice...Director of Photography
2014Nightcrawler...Director of Photography
2012The Bourne Legacy...Director of Photography
2011Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol...Director of Photography
2010The Town...Director of Photography
2010Salt...Director of Photography
2009The Men Who Stare at Goats...Director of Photography
2009Duplicity...Director of Photography
2008The Burning Plain...Director of Photography
2008Redbelt...Director of Photography
2008Shine a Light...Director of Photography
2008Shine a Light...Camera Operator
2007There Will Be Blood...Director of Photography
2007Michael Clayton...Director of Photography
2006American Dreamz...Director of Photography
2005Syriana...Director of Photography
2005Good Night, and Good Luck....Director of Photography
2003Gigli...Director of Photography
2003Runaway Jury...Director of Photography
2003Behind the Red Door...Director of Photography
2002Punch-Drunk Love...Director of Photography
2001Impostor...Director of Photography
2001Heist...Director of Photography
2000Bounce...Director of Photography
1999Magnolia...Director of Photography
19998MM...Director of Photography
1998Richard Lester!...Director of Photography
1997Tomorrow Never Dies...Director of Photography
1997Boogie Nights...Director of Photography
1997Prince Street...Director of Photography
1997Hard Eight...Director of Photography
1996Boys...Director of Photography
1996The Pallbearer...Director of Photography
1994The River Wild...Director of Photography
1993A Dangerous Woman...Director of Photography
1992A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story...Director of Photography
1992Waterland...Director of Photography
1992Human Target...Director of Photography
1992The Hand That Rocks the Cradle...Director of Photography
1991Paris Trout...Director of Photography
1991The Summer My Father Grew Up...Director of Photography
1991Prison Stories: Women on the Inside...Director of Photography
1990Opposites Attract...Director of Photography
1990A Killing in a Small Town...Director of Photography
1990Bad Influence...Director of Photography
1989Heart of Dixie...Director of Photography
1989How I Got Into College...Director of Photography
1989Margaret Bourke-White...Director of Photography
1989Dream Street...Director of Photography
1988Return of the Living Dead Part II...Director of Photography
1988Cadillac Dreams...Director of Photography
1987Into the Homeland...Director of Photography
1987Long Gone...Director of Photography
1987Amazing Grace and Chuck...Director of Photography
1987A Different Affair...Director of Photography
1986Trick or Treat...Director of Photography
1986The Children of Times Square...Director of Photography
1985Desert Hearts...Director of Photography
1985Moving Violations...Director of Photography
1985The Sure Thing...Director of Photography
1984Tiger Town...Director of Photography
1984CBS Schoolbreak Special...Director of Photography
1983Summerspell...Director of Photography
1982Waltz Across Texas...Director of Photography
1982All Summer in a Day...Director of Photography
1981The End of August...Director of Photography
1979CBS Library...Director of Photography
1978Genesis: Four Billion Years in the Making...Assistant Camera
1977Fraternity Row...Camera Operator
Faster, Cheaper, Better...Director of Photography
Animals...Director of Photography
The Boys from Brazil...Director of Photography

Crew

2015The Diary of a Teenage Girl...Thanks

Visual Effects

1983Return of the Jedi...Visual Effects Camera
1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial...Visual Effects Camera
1980The Empire Strikes Back...Visual Effects Lineup
1979Star Trek: The Motion Picture...Visual Effects Camera

Acting

2017Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Heartsas Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporteras Self
2006The Informer: Out of the Fogas Self
2000That Moment: Magnolia Diaryas Self
1953The Oscarsas Self