Robert Surtees

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-08-09 (79 years old)

Deathday

1985-01-05

Place of Birth

Covington, Kentucky, USA

Robert Surtees

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 cinematographers in motion pictures. His credits include Ben-Hur (1959), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Graduate (1967), The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970...

Production

1959

Ben-Hur

as Director of Photography

1956

The Swan

as Director of Photography

1951

Quo Vadis

as Director of Photography

1973

The Sting

as Director of Photography

1953

Mogambo

as Director of Photography

1949

Act of Violence

as Director of Photography

1968

Coogan's Bluff

as Director of Photography

1969

Sweet Charity

as Director of Photography

1965

The Collector

as Director of Photography

1967

The Graduate

as Director of Photography

1960

Cimarron

as Director of Photography

1975

The Great Waldo Pepper

as Director of Photography

1935

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Camera Operator

1953

Escape from Fort Bravo

as Director of Photography

1948

Big City

as Director of Photography

1958

Merry Andrew

as Director of Photography

1972

The Other

as Director of Photography

1955

Oklahoma!

as Director of Photography

1965

The Satan Bug

as Director of Photography

1978

Same Time, Next Year

as Director of Photography

1962

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Director of Photography

1944

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Director of Photography

1947

The Unfinished Dance

as Director of Photography

1976

A Star Is Born

as Director of Photography

1965

The Third Day

as Director of Photography

1955

Trial

as Director of Photography

1944

Music for Millions

as Director of Photography

1951

The Strip

as Director of Photography

1965

The Hallelujah Trail

as Director of Photography

1954

The Long, Long Trailer

as Director of Photography

1946

No Leave, No Love

as Director of Photography

1969

The Arrangement

as Director of Photography

1966

The Chase

as Additional Photography

1957

Raintree County

as Director of Photography

1978

Bloodbrothers

as Director of Photography

1977

The Turning Point

as Director of Photography

1972

The Cowboys

as Director of Photography

1973

Lost Horizon

as Director of Photography

1971

Summer of '42

as Director of Photography

1970

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

as Director of Photography

1973

Oklahoma Crude

as Director of Photography

1971

The Last Picture Show

as Director of Photography

1975

The Hindenburg

as Director of Photography

1967

Doctor Dolittle

as Director of Photography

1952

The Bad and the Beautiful

as Director of Photography

1966

Lost Command

as Director of Photography

1964

Kisses for My President

as Director of Photography

1948

Tenth Avenue Angel

as Director of Photography

1960

It Started in Naples

as Director of Photography

1943

Lost Angel

as Director of Photography

1952

The Merry Widow

as Director of Photography

1943

Heavenly Music

as Director of Photography

1949

That Midnight Kiss

as Director of Photography

1949

Big Jack

as Director of Photography

1949

Intruder in the Dust

as Director of Photography

1950

King Solomon's Mines

as Director of Photography

1943

Don't You Believe It

as Director of Photography

1948

The Kissing Bandit

as Director of Photography

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Director of Photography

1956

Tribute to a Bad Man

as Director of Photography

1948

A Date with Judy

as Director of Photography

1945

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

as Director of Photography

1952

The Wild North

as Director of Photography

1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

as Director of Photography

1951

The Light Touch

as Director of Photography

1943

Election Daze

as Director of Photography

1954

Valley of the Kings

as Director of Photography

1943

Nursery Rhyme Mysteries

as Director of Photography

1957

Les Girls

as Director of Photography

1945

Strange Holiday

as Director of Photography

1963

PT 109

as Director of Photography

1932

Lady with a Past

as Assistant Camera

1933

State Fair

as Assistant Camera

1934

David Harum

as Assistant Camera

1953

Ride, Vaquero!

as Director of Photography

1958

The Law and Jake Wade

as Director of Photography

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