Robert Elswit
Known for: Camera
Born: April 22, 1950
Place of birth: California, USA
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.
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Filmography
85 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
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Animals
2026
8.3
The Punisher: One Last Kill
2026
5.6
Ella McCay
2025
7.9
RIPLEY
2024
6.6
Bob Marley: One Love
2024
7.6
King Richard
2021
7.0
The King of Staten Island
2020
5.4
Velvet Buzzsaw
2019
6.3
Skyscraper
2018
3.9
Write When You Get Work
2018
6.3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
NR
Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts
2017
5.9
Suburbicon
2017
8.0
The Night Of
2016
6.6
Gold
2016
6.6
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
7.2
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015
6.5
Inherent Vice
2014
7.7
Nightcrawler
2014
6.3
The Bourne Legacy
2012
7.1
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
7.2
The Town
2010
6.4
Salt
2010
6.0
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
5.9
Duplicity
2009
6.6
The Burning Plain
2008
6.4
Redbelt
2008
6.8
Shine a Light
2008
8.1
There Will Be Blood
2007
6.8
Michael Clayton
2007NR
The Informer: Out of the Fog
2006
5.1
American Dreamz
2006
6.4
Syriana
2005
7.1
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
6.9
Runaway Jury
2003
4.0
Gigli
2003
5.4
Behind the Red Door
2003
7.1
Punch-Drunk Love
2002
6.1
Impostor
2001
6.3
Heist
2001
5.8
Bounce
2000
7.7
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000
7.7
Magnolia
1999
6.5
8MM
1999
7.0
Richard Lester!
1998
6.4
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
7.6
Boogie Nights
19978.7
Prince Street
1997
6.8
Hard Eight
1997
5.4
Boys
1996
4.9
The Pallbearer
1996
6.5
The River Wild
1994
5.5
A Dangerous Woman
1993
4.4
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
6.3
Waterland
1992
5.5
Human Target
1992
6.9
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
5.5
Paris Trout
1991
8.0
The Summer My Father Grew Up
1991
4.2
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
1991
7.0
Opposites Attract
1990
5.1
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
6.0
Bad Influence
1990
5.8
Heart of Dixie
1989
6.0
How I Got Into College
1989
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Margaret Bourke-White
19897.5
Dream Street
1989
6.4
Return of the Living Dead Part II
1988
6.8
Cadillac Dreams
1988
6.6
Into the Homeland
1987
6.1
Long Gone
1987
5.9
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987
7.0
A Different Affair
1987
6.1
Trick or Treat
1986
6.3
The Children of Times Square
1986
7.1
Desert Hearts
1985
5.3
Moving Violations
1985
6.5
The Sure Thing
1985
7.0
Tiger Town
1984
5.5
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1984
8.0
Summerspell
1983
7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
10.0
Waltz Across Texas
1982
7.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
7.0
All Summer in a Day
1982
7.0
The End of August
1981
8.4
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
6.5
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
10.0
CBS Library
1979
NR
Genesis: Four Billion Years in the Making
1978
7.0
Fraternity Row
1977
7.0
The Oscars
1953
NR
Faster, Cheaper, Better
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The Boys from Brazil
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