Robert Surtees

Robert Surtees

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), The Last Picture Show (1971), Summer of '42 (1971), The Sting (1973), A Star is Born (1976) and Same Time, Next Year (1978). His son Bruce was also a cinematographer.

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Movies Made by Robert Surtees (76)

Bloodbrothers (1978)

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Same Time, Next Year (1978)

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The Turning Point (1977)

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A Star Is Born (1976)

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The Hindenburg (1975)

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The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

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The Sting (1973)

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Oklahoma Crude (1973)

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Lost Horizon (1973)

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The Other (1972)

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The Cowboys (1972)

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The Last Picture Show (1971)

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Summer of '42 (1971)

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The Arrangement (1969)

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Sweet Charity (1969)

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Coogan's Bluff (1968)

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The Graduate (1967)

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Doctor Dolittle (1967)

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Lost Command (1966)

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The Chase (1966)

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The Third Day (1965)

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The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

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The Collector (1965)

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The Satan Bug (1965)

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Kisses for My President (1964)

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PT 109 (1963)

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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

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Cimarron (1960)

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It Started in Naples (1960)

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Ben-Hur (1959)

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The Law and Jake Wade (1958)

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Merry Andrew (1958)

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Raintree County (1957)

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Les Girls (1957)

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The Swan (1956)

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Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)

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Oklahoma! (1955)

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Trial (1955)

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Valley of the Kings (1954)

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The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

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Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)

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Mogambo (1953)

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Ride, Vaquero! (1953)

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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

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The Merry Widow (1952)

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The Wild North (1952)

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The Light Touch (1951)

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Quo Vadis (1951)

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The Strip (1951)

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King Solomon's Mines (1950)

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Intruder in the Dust (1949)

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That Midnight Kiss (1949)

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Big Jack (1949)

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Act of Violence (1949)

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The Kissing Bandit (1948)

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A Date with Judy (1948)

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Big City (1948)

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Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)

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The Unfinished Dance (1947)

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Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

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No Leave, No Love (1946)

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Strange Holiday (1945)

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Music for Millions (1944)

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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

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Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

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Lost Angel (1943)

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Election Daze (1943)

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Don't You Believe It (1943)

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Nursery Rhyme Mysteries (1943)

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Heavenly Music (1943)

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David Harum (1934)

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State Fair (1933)

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Lady with a Past (1932)

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