Robert Elswit

Robert Elswit
Robert Elswit
Born	Robert Christopher Elswit; April 22, 1950[1]; California, United States
Nationality	American
Education	AFI Conservatory
Occupation	Cinematographer
Known for	Good Night, and Good Luck; There Will Be Blood
Title	ASC
Awards	Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography ; (CBS Schoolbreak Special: The War Between The Classes; 1986); Academy Award for Best Cinematography ; (There Will Be Blood; 2008); ASC Award ; (There Will Be Blood; 2007); Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography ; (Good Night, and Good Luck; 2005);

Robert Christopher Elswit, ASC (born April 22, 1950) is an American cinematographer. He has collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson on each of his films and won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for There Will Be Blood.[2]

Biography

Elswit was born in California. An early short film he worked on was the 1982 television adaptation for Ray Bradbury's short story All Summer in a Day. Elswit worked as a visual effects camera operator at John Dykstra's Apogee Productions Inc. on each films, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Empire Strikes Back and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,[3][4] before shooting made-for-television films and shows. Elswit has been a fierce defender of shooting on film, and whenever possible avoids using digital cameras. Images shot digitally, he said, have "no texture, no grain."[5] He started shooting digitally, starting with Nightcrawler. Elswit has worked with George Clooney several times. He shot his black and white, multiple-Oscar nominated film Good Night, and Good Luck. Elswit shot the film in color, and converted the film into black and white in post production. According to Elswit, the technique preserved the subtlety of the colors (as complex shades of blacks and greys) and made the overall look much richer in the final film.[6] Elswit was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Good Night, and Good Luck, but lost to Dion Beebe for Memoirs of a Geisha. Elswit won the award for There Will Be Blood in 2008.[7] Elswit has cited early independent filmmaker John Cassavetes as a major influence. Elswit is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and worked there as a teaching assistant.

Filmography

Film

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1981	The End of August	Bob Graham
1982	Waltz Across Texas	Ernest Day
1985	The Sure Thing	Rob Reiner
	Moving Violations	Neal Israel
	Desert Hearts	Donna Deitch
1986	Trick or Treat	Charles Martin Smith
1987	Amazing Grace and Chuck	Mike Newell
1988	Return of the Living Dead Part II	Ken Wiederhorn
1988	Cadillac Dreams	Matia Karrell	Short film
1989	How I Got into College	Savage Steve Holland
1989	Heart of Dixie	Martin Davidson
1990	Bad Influence	Curtis Hanson
1991	Paris Trout	Stephen Gyllenhaal
1992	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Curtis Hanson
1992	Waterland	Stephen Gyllenhaal
1993	A Dangerous Woman	Stephen Gyllenhaal
1994	The River Wild	Curtis Hanson
1996	Hard Eight	Paul Thomas Anderson	1st of 6 collaborations with Anderson
	The Pallbearer	Matt Reeves
	Boys	Stacy Cochran
1997	Boogie Nights	Paul Thomas Anderson
1997	Tomorrow Never Dies	Roger Spottiswoode
1999	8mm	Joel Schumacher
1999	Magnolia	Paul Thomas Anderson
2000	Bounce	Don Roos
2001	Heist	David Mamet
2002	Impostor	Gary Fleder
2002	Punch-Drunk Love	Paul Thomas Anderson
2003	Behind the Red Door	Matia Karrell
	Gigli	Martin Brest
	Runaway Jury	Gary Fleder
2005	Good Night, and Good Luck	George Clooney
2005	Syriana	Stephen Gaghan
2006	American Dreamz	Paul Weitz
2007	Michael Clayton	Tony Gilroy
2007	There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson
2008	Redbelt	David Mamet
2008	The Burning Plain	Guillermo Arriaga
2009	Duplicity	Tony Gilroy
2009	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Grant Heslov
2010	Lost Masterpieces of Pornography	David Mamet	Short film
	The Town	Ben Affleck
	Salt	Phillip Noyce
2011	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	Brad Bird
2012	The Bourne Legacy	Tony Gilroy
2014	Inherent Vice	Paul Thomas Anderson
2014	Nightcrawler	Dan Gilroy
2015	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	Christopher McQuarrie
2016	Gold	Stephen Gaghan
2017	Suburbicon	George Clooney
2017	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Dan Gilroy
2018	Skyscraper	Rawson Marshall Thurber
2018	Write When You Get Work	Stacy Cochran
2019	Velvet Buzzsaw	Dan Gilroy
2019	Apple Snowbrawl	David Leitch	Short film
2020	The King of Staten Island	Judd Apatow

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1981	A Single Light	Karl Epstein	Television film
1983	Tiger Town	Alan Shapiro	Television film
1985	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Michael Toshiyuki Uno	Episode: "The War Between the Classes"
1986	The Children of Times Square	Curtis Hanson	Television film
1987	Into the Homeland	Lesli Linka Glatter
1987	Long Gone	Martin Davidson
1989	Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White	Lawrence Schiller
1990	A Killing in a Small Town	Stephen Gyllenhaal
1990	Opposites Attract	Noel Nosseck
1991	Prison Stories: Women on the Inside	Donna Deitch Joan Micklin Silver Penelope Spheeris
1991	The Summer My Father Grew Up	Michael Tuchner
1992	Human Target	Max Tash	Episode: "Pilot"
1992	A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story	Martin Davidson	Television film
1997	Prince Street	Roger Spottiswoode	Episode: "Pilot"
2016	The Night Of	Steven Zaillian	Miniseries; 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

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

2005: Good Night, and Good Luck

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)

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

1986: CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)

(For episode "The War Between The Classes")

Houston Film Critics Society for Best Cinematography

2014: Inherent Vice (nominated)

Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography

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

Robert Elswit - Biography. 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.
"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.
Robert Elswit - Awards. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 7th, 2010.

External links

Robert Elswit at IMDb

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[IMDb_Bio-1] Robert Elswit - Biography. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 7th, 2010.

[2] Eugene Hernandez, "Decade: Paul Thomas Anderson on 'There Will Be Blood'," indieWIRE (December 24, 2009) Retrieved June 4, 2010.

[3] "ROBERT ELSWIT". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

[4] "A Little More Than Luck on Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck - Studio Daily". Studio Daily. 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

[5] "A Little More Than Luck on Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck," StudioDaily (January 1, 2006) Retrieved April 19, 2011.

[6] "A Little More Than Luck on Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck," StudioDaily (January 1, 2006) Retrieved April 19, 2011.

[7] Robert Elswit - Awards. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 7th, 2010.