Robert Surtees

Cinematographer Aug 9 (died age 78) Covington, Kentucky, USA 1932–1978 (46 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert L. Surtees, A.S.C. (August 9, 1906 – January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won Academy Awards three times, for the films King Solomon's Mines, The Bad and the Beautiful and the 1959 version of Ben Hur. Robert L. Surtees began working in Hollywood as assistant cameraman to Gregg Toland, A.S.C. in the late 1920s, before moving to Germany for several years, eventually returning to Hollywood. He became one of the most accomplished cinemat…

Known For

Film

The Sting

Director of Photography

Film

Ben-Hur

Director of Photography

Film

The Graduate

Director of Photography

Film

The Last Picture Show

Director of Photography

Film

Quo Vadis

Director of Photography

Film

The Bad and the Beautiful

Director of Photography

Film

The Chase

Additional Photography

Film

Mutiny on the Bounty

Director of Photography

Filmography

Crew (76)

Movies (76)

Bloodbrothers

1978

Director of Photography

5.7

Same Time, Next Year

1978

Director of Photography

6.6

The Turning Point

1977

Director of Photography

6.5

A Star Is Born

1976

Director of Photography

6.0

The Hindenburg

1975

Director of Photography

6.3

The Great Waldo Pepper

1975

Director of Photography

6.5

The Sting

1973

Director of Photography

8.0

Lost Horizon

1973

Director of Photography

5.4

Oklahoma Crude

1973

Director of Photography

6.1

The Cowboys

1972

Director of Photography

7.1

The Other

1972

Director of Photography

6.5

Summer of '42

1971

Director of Photography

6.7

The Last Picture Show

1971

Director of Photography

7.6

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970

Director of Photography

5.8

Sweet Charity

1969

Director of Photography

6.9

The Arrangement

1969

Director of Photography

6.5

Coogan's Bluff

1968

Director of Photography

6.3

The Graduate

1967

Director of Photography

7.6

Doctor Dolittle

1967

Director of Photography

6.2

The Chase

1966

Additional Photography

7.1

Lost Command

1966

Director of Photography

6.1

The Collector

1965

Director of Photography

7.3

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

Director of Photography

6.1

The Satan Bug

1965

Director of Photography

6.1

The Third Day

1965

Director of Photography

5.8

Kisses for My President

1964

Director of Photography

7.3

PT 109

1963

Director of Photography

6.0

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962

Director of Photography

7.0

Cimarron

1960

Director of Photography

6.0

It Started in Naples

1960

Director of Photography

6.3

Ben-Hur

1959

Director of Photography

7.9

Merry Andrew

1958

Director of Photography

6.0

The Law and Jake Wade

1958

Director of Photography

6.6

Raintree County

1957

Director of Photography

6.4

Les Girls

1957

Director of Photography

6.4

Tribute to a Bad Man

1956

Director of Photography

7.0

The Swan

1956

Director of Photography

6.8

Oklahoma!

1955

Director of Photography

6.6

Trial

1955

Director of Photography

6.8

The Long, Long Trailer

1954

Director of Photography

6.9

Valley of the Kings

1954

Director of Photography

4.6

Mogambo

1953

Director of Photography

6.4

Ride, Vaquero!

1953

Director of Photography

6.0

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953

Director of Photography

6.2

The Wild North

1952

Director of Photography

6.9

The Merry Widow

1952

Director of Photography

6.2

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

Director of Photography

7.3

Quo Vadis

1951

Director of Photography

7.1

The Strip

1951

Director of Photography

5.6

The Light Touch

1951

Director of Photography

6.2

King Solomon's Mines

1950

Director of Photography

6.5

Big Jack

1949

Director of Photography

6.0

Act of Violence

1949

Director of Photography

6.9

That Midnight Kiss

1949

Director of Photography

5.7

Intruder in the Dust

1949

Director of Photography

7.3

The Kissing Bandit

1948

Director of Photography

3.8

Tenth Avenue Angel

1948

Director of Photography

6.0

A Date with Judy

1948

Director of Photography

5.9

Big City

1948

Director of Photography

7.5

The Unfinished Dance

1947

Director of Photography

6.0

No Leave, No Love

1946

Director of Photography

6.0

Two Sisters from Boston

1946

Director of Photography

6.0

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

1945

Director of Photography

7.0

Strange Holiday

1945

Director of Photography

6.4

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

Director of Photography

6.6

Music for Millions

1944

Director of Photography

6.0

Two Girls and a Sailor

1944

Director of Photography

5.7

Election Daze

1943

Director of Photography

6.0

Nursery Rhyme Mysteries

1943

Director of Photography

6.0

Lost Angel

1943

Director of Photography

7.9

Heavenly Music

1943

Director of Photography

6.1

Don't You Believe It

1943

Director of Photography

5.0

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Camera Operator

David Harum

Assistant Camera

State Fair

Assistant Camera

Lady with a Past

Assistant Camera