Robert Elswit
Highest Rated: 95% Nightcrawler (2014)
Lowest Rated: 5% Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Birthday: Apr 22, 1950
Birthplace: California, USA
A long time director of photography who had his start filming optical effects, Robert Elswit made his name being the personal cinematographer for director Paul Thomas Anderson. Having shot all of the young director's films thus far, Elswit created his most challenging work and earned his highest praise shooting "Boogie Nights" (1997), "Magnolia" (1999) and "Punch Drunk Love" (2002). Outside of working with Anderson, he was no less successful, creating unforgettable camera work on "Syriana" (2005) and the black-and-white "Good Night, and Good Luck" (2005). Though not as well known as Roger Deakins or Janusz Kaminski, Elswit nonetheless was considered to be in the upper tier of cinematographers, thanks in large part to his Academy Award-winning work on Anderson's sprawling western, "There Will Be Blood" (2007).
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90% | 98% | King Richard | Cinematographer | $15.1M | 2021 |
| 75% | 83% | The King of Staten Island | Cinematographer | - | 2020 |
| 61% | 36% | Velvet Buzzsaw | Cinematographer | - | 2019 |
| 38% | No Score Yet | Write When You Get Work | Cinematographer | - | 2018 |
| 48% | 68% | Skyscraper | Cinematographer | $67.8M | 2018 |
| 54% | 53% | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Cinematographer | $11.7M | 2017 |
| 28% | 26% | Suburbicon | Cinematographer | $5.7M | 2017 |
| 41% | 46% | Gold | Cinematographer | $7.2M | 2016 |
| 94% | 87% | Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation | Cinematographer | - | 2015 |
| 74% | 53% | Inherent Vice | Cinematographer | $8.1M | 2014 |
| 95% | 86% | Nightcrawler | Cinematographer | $32.4M | 2014 |
| 55% | 58% | The Bourne Legacy | Cinematographer | $113.2M | 2012 |
| 93% | 76% | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Cinematographer | $209.4M | 2011 |
| 92% | 85% | The Town | Cinematographer | $92.2M | 2010 |
| 62% | 59% | Salt | Cinematographer | - | 2010 |
| 51% | 39% | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Cinematographer | $32.4M | 2009 |
| 65% | 37% | Duplicity | Cinematographer | $40.6M | 2009 |
| 38% | 56% | The Burning Plain | Cinematographer | $200.4K | 2008 |
| 91% | 86% | There Will Be Blood | Cinematographer | $40.2M | 2007 |
| 91% | 69% | Michael Clayton | Cinematographer | $49.0M | 2007 |
| 38% | 31% | American Dreamz | Cinematographer | $7.2M | 2006 |
| 93% | 83% | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Cinematographer | $31.5M | 2005 |
| 73% | 67% | Syriana | Cinematographer | $50.8M | 2005 |
| 73% | 75% | Runaway Jury | Cinematographer | $49.4M | 2003 |
| 6% | 13% | Gigli | Cinematographer | $5.7M | 2003 |
| 79% | 77% | Punch-Drunk Love | Cinematographer | $17.8M | 2002 |
| 24% | 41% | Impostor | Cinematographer | $6.1M | 2001 |
| 68% | 59% | Heist | Cinematographer | $23.5M | 2001 |
| 53% | 32% | Bounce | Cinematographer | $36.8M | 2000 |
| 83% | 89% | Magnolia | Cinematographer | $22.5M | 1999 |
| 23% | 52% | 8MM | Cinematographer | $36.3M | 1999 |
| 57% | 53% | Tomorrow Never Dies | Cinematographer | $145.0M | 1997 |
| 93% | 89% | Boogie Nights | Cinematographer | $26.4M | 1997 |
| 82% | 83% | Hard Eight | Cinematographer | $215.6K | 1996 |
| 65% | 61% | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Cinematographer | $87.5M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | Heart of Dixie | Cinematographer | $691.7K | 1989 |
| 5% | 44% | Return of the Living Dead Part II | Cinematographer | $8.6M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Long Gone | Cinematographer | - | 1987 |
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| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Unknown (Character) | 2018 |