Camera · b. 1906 · 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 G...

Cinematography
Same Time, Next Year 1978 Bloodbrothers 1978 The Turning Point 1977 A Star Is Born 1976 The Great Waldo Pepper 1975 The Hindenburg 1975 The Sting 1973 Oklahoma Crude 1973 Lost Horizon 1973 The Other 1972 The Cowboys 1972 The Last Picture Show 1971 Summer of '42 1971 The Liberation of L.B. Jones 1970 Sweet Charity 1969 The Arrangement 1969 Coogan's Bluff 1968 The Graduate 1967 Doctor Dolittle 1967 Lost Command 1966 The Collector 1965 The Satan Bug 1965 The Third Day 1965 The Hallelujah Trail 1965 Kisses for My President 1964 PT 109 1963 Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 Cimarron 1960 It Started in Naples 1960 Ben-Hur 1959 Merry Andrew 1958 The Law and Jake Wade 1958 Raintree County 1957 Les Girls 1957 The Swan 1956 Tribute to a Bad Man 1956 Oklahoma! 1955 Trial 1955 The Long, Long Trailer 1954 Valley of the Kings 1954 Mogambo 1953 Escape from Fort Bravo 1953 Ride, Vaquero! 1953 The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 The Merry Widow 1952 The Wild North 1952 Quo Vadis 1951 The Strip 1951 The Light Touch 1951 King Solomon's Mines 1950 Act of Violence 1949 Big Jack 1949 That Midnight Kiss 1949 Intruder in the Dust 1949 Big City 1948 Tenth Avenue Angel 1948 The Kissing Bandit 1948 A Date with Judy 1948 The Unfinished Dance 1947 No Leave, No Love 1946 Two Sisters from Boston 1946 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 1945 Strange Holiday 1945 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944 Music for Millions 1944 Two Girls and a Sailor 1944 Lost Angel 1943 Heavenly Music 1943 Don't You Believe It 1943 Election Daze 1943 Nursery Rhyme Mysteries 1943
Other Credits
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