Robert Elswit

Biography

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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RIPLEY

(2024) Director of Photography

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The Night Of

(2016) Director of Photography

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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

(2011) Director of Photography

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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

(2015) Director of Photography

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The Town

(2010) Director of Photography

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CBS Schoolbreak Special

(1984) Director of Photography

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There Will Be Blood

(2007) Director of Photography

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Nightcrawler

(2014) Director of Photography

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2017	Self	Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts 2017-11-14 Movie
2015	Self	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2015-08-02 TV Show
2006	Self	The Informer: Out of the Fog 2006-06-05 Movie
2000	Self	That Moment: Magnolia Diary 2000-01-01 Movie
1953	Self	The Oscars 1953-03-19 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Director of Photography	Ella McCay 2025-12-11 Movie
2024	Director of Photography	RIPLEY 2024-04-04 TV Show
	Director of Photography	Bob Marley: One Love 2024-02-14 Movie
2021	Director of Photography	King Richard 2021-11-18 Movie
2020	Director of Photography	The King of Staten Island 2020-07-22 Movie
2019	Director of Photography	Velvet Buzzsaw 2019-02-01 Movie
2018	Director of Photography	Skyscraper 2018-07-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Write When You Get Work 2018-03-12 Movie
2017	Director of Photography	Roman J. Israel, Esq. 2017-11-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Suburbicon 2017-10-26 Movie
2016	Director of Photography	The Night Of 2016-07-10 TV Show
	Director of Photography	Gold 2016-02-03 Movie
2015	Director of Photography	Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015-07-28 Movie
2014	Director of Photography	Inherent Vice 2014-12-12 Movie
	Director of Photography	Nightcrawler 2014-10-23 Movie
2012	Director of Photography	The Bourne Legacy 2012-08-08 Movie
2011	Director of Photography	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011-12-07 Movie
2010	Director of Photography	The Town 2010-09-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Salt 2010-07-21 Movie
2009	Director of Photography	The Men Who Stare at Goats 2009-10-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Duplicity 2009-03-18 Movie
2008	Director of Photography	The Burning Plain 2008-11-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Redbelt 2008-04-07 Movie
	Camera Operator	Shine a Light 2008-04-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Shine a Light 2008-04-04 Movie
2007	Director of Photography	There Will Be Blood 2007-12-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Michael Clayton 2007-09-28 Movie
2006	Director of Photography	American Dreamz 2006-03-04 Movie
2005	Director of Photography	Syriana 2005-11-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005-09-16 Movie
2003	Director of Photography	Gigli 2003-08-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Runaway Jury 2003-01-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Behind the Red Door 2003-01-12 Movie
2002	Director of Photography	Punch-Drunk Love 2002-10-11 Movie
2001	Director of Photography	Impostor 2001-12-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Heist 2001-11-09 Movie
2000	Director of Photography	Bounce 2000-11-15 Movie
1999	Director of Photography	Magnolia 1999-12-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	8MM 1999-02-26 Movie
1998	Director of Photography	Richard Lester! 1998-09-16 Movie
1997	Director of Photography	Tomorrow Never Dies 1997-12-11 Movie
	Director of Photography	Boogie Nights 1997-10-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Prince Street 1997-03-06 TV Show
1996	Director of Photography	Hard Eight 1996-05-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Boys 1996-05-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Pallbearer 1996-05-03 Movie
1994	Director of Photography	The River Wild 1994-09-30 Movie
1993	Director of Photography	A Dangerous Woman 1993-09-10 Movie
1992	Director of Photography	A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story 1992-09-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Waterland 1992-08-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Human Target 1992-07-20 TV Show
	Director of Photography	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 1992-01-10 Movie
1991	Director of Photography	Paris Trout 1991-04-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Summer My Father Grew Up 1991-03-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Prison Stories: Women on the Inside 1991-01-26 Movie
1990	Director of Photography	Opposites Attract 1990-10-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Killing in a Small Town 1990-05-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Bad Influence 1990-03-09 Movie
1989	Director of Photography	Heart of Dixie 1989-08-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	How I Got Into College 1989-05-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	Margaret Bourke-White 1989-04-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dream Street 1989-04-13 TV Show
1988	Director of Photography	Return of the Living Dead Part II 1988-01-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Cadillac Dreams 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	Director of Photography	Long Gone 1987-05-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Amazing Grace and Chuck 1987-05-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Different Affair 1987-03-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Into the Homeland 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Director of Photography	Trick or Treat 1986-10-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Children of Times Square 1986-03-03 Movie
1985	Director of Photography	Desert Hearts 1985-10-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Moving Violations 1985-04-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Sure Thing 1985-03-01 Movie
1984	Director of Photography	Tiger Town 1984-06-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	CBS Schoolbreak Special 1984-01-24 TV Show
1983	Director of Photography	Summerspell 1983-07-02 Movie
1982	Director of Photography	Waltz Across Texas 1982-10-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	All Summer in a Day 1982-01-01 Movie
1981	Director of Photography	The End of August 1981-11-19 Movie
1979	Director of Photography	CBS Library 1979-10-21 TV Show
1978	Assistant Camera	Genesis: Four Billion Years in the Making 1978-01-01 Movie
1977	Camera Operator	Fraternity Row 1977-06-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	Faster, Cheaper, Better Movie
	Director of Photography	Animals Movie
	Director of Photography	Untitled The Punisher Special Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2015	Thanks	The Diary of a Teenage Girl 2015-08-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1983	Visual Effects Camera	Return of the Jedi 1983-05-25 Movie
1982	Visual Effects Camera	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982-06-11 Movie
1980	Visual Effects Lineup	The Empire Strikes Back 1980-05-20 Movie
1979	Visual Effects Camera	Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979-12-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv