Robert Elswit
| Robert Elswit | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Christopher Elswit April 22, 1950 California, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Known for |
Good Night, and Good Luck There Will Be Blood |
| Title | ASC |
| Awards |
Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography CBS Schoolbreak Special: The War Between The Classes 1986 Academy Award for Best Cinematography There Will Be Blood 2008 ASC Award There Will Be Blood 2007 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography Good Night, and Good Luck 2005 |
Robert Christopher Elswit, ASC (born April 22, 1950) is an American cinematographer. He has had multiple Oscar, BAFTA, and Independent Spirit nominations for several films, including winning for There Will Be Blood (2007). Elswit frequently works with director Paul Thomas Anderson.
Elswit was born in California. An early short film he worked on, was a 1982 TV adaptation of the Ray Bradbury short story All Summer in a Day.
Elswit is a fierce defender of shooting with film, and whenever possible refuses to use digital cameras. Images shot digitally, he says, have "no texture, no grain."
Elswit has also worked with director George Clooney several times. He shot Clooney's black and white, multiple-Oscar nominated film Good Night, and Good Luck. Notably, Elswit shot the film in color, then converted the film into black and white in post production. According to Elswit, this technique preserved the subtlety of the colors (as complex shades of blacks and greys) and made the overall look much richer in the final film.
Elswit received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography in 2006 for his work on the movie Good Night, and Good Luck. He lost that Oscar to Dion Beebe for Memoirs of a Geisha. Two years later, Elswit would again be nominated and this time win the Oscar for Best Cinematography, for his work on There Will Be Blood.
Elswit has cited early independent filmmaker John Cassavetes as a major influence. Elswit is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and worked there as a teaching assistant in the 1970s.
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
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