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Robert L. Surtees (August 9, 1906 – January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer who won three Academy Awards for the films King Solomon's Mines, The Bad and the Beautiful and the 1959 version of Ben-Hur.
Cinematographer. Camera and Electrical Department. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Robert L. Surtees began his working life as a portrait photographer and retoucher, before becoming camera assistant at Universal in 1927.
Robert Surtees. Cinematographer: Ben-Hur. Robert L. Surtees began his working life as a portrait photographer and retoucher, before becoming camera assistant at Universal in 1927. He spent a lengthy apprenticeship (15 years) working under such experienced cinematographers as Hal Mohr, Joseph Ruttenberg and Gregg Toland.
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 - Writer. Cinematographer. Nationality: American. Born: Covington, Kentucky, 8 September 1906. Family: Married Maydell (Surtees); children: two daughters and two sons, including the photographer Bruce Surtees. Career: Photographer and retoucher in a portrait studio, Cincinnati; camera assistant Universal, from mid-1920s ...
Nov 26, 2023 · David E. Williams. American Cinematographer. Veteran cinematographer Robert Surtees, ASC’s camerawork in The Graduate was described by AC editor-in-chief Herb A. Lightman as “rule-breaking mad, Mod visual acrobatics” in his Feb. 1968 article “Cinematographer with a Split Personality.”
Jan 7, 1985 · Academy Award-winning cinematographer Robert Lee Surtees, whose career spanned more than five decades of motion picture history, has died after a prolonged illness. A spokesman for the family...
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