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Robert Surtees Biography (1906-1985)

Born August 9, 1906; died January 5, 1985; children: Bruce. Career: Cinematographer. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, best black and white cinematography, 1944, for Thirty Seconds over Tokyo; Academy Award nomination, best black and white cinematography, and Golden Globe Award,best cinematography in a film, both 1950, for King Solomon's Mines; Academy Award nomination, best black and white cinematography, and Golden Globe Award, best cinematography in a film, both 1951, for Quo Vadis?; Academy Award, best cinematography, 1952, for The Bad and the Beautiful;Academy Award nomination, best color cinematography, 1955, for Oklahoma!; Academy Award, best color cinematography, 1959, for Ben-Hur; Academy Award nominations, best color cinematography, 1962, for Mutiny on the Bounty, and 1967, for Doctor Doolittle and The Graduate; Academy Award nominations, all best cinematography, 1971, for The Summer of `42 and The Last Picture Show, 1973, for The Sting, 1975, for The Hindenburg, 1976, for A Star Is Born, 1977, for The Turning Point, and 1978, for Same Time, Next Year..

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Cinematographer

Birth Details

August 9, 1906

United States

Death Details

January 5, 1985

United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Cinematographer, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Camera operator, Top of the Town, 1937
• Lost Angel, 1943
• Heavenly Music, 1943
• Two Girls and a Sailor, 1944
• (With Harold Rosson) Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
• Music for Millions, 1944
• Meet the People, 1944
• Strange Holiday, 1945
• Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, 1945
• Two Sisters from Boston, 1946
• No Leave, No Love, 1946
• The Unfinished Dance, 1947
• Tenth Avenue Angel, 1947
• The Kissing Bandit, 1948
• Big City, 1948
• A Date with Judy, 1948
• That Midnight Kiss, 1949
• Intruder in the Dust, 1949
• Act of Violence, 1949
• Big Jack, 1949
• King Solomon's Mines, 1950
• The Strip, 1951
• (With William V. Skall) Quo Vadis?, 1951
• The Light Touch, 1951
• The Wild North, 1952
• The Bad and the Beautiful, 1952
• The Merry Widow, 1952
• Ride, Vaquero!, 1953
• Escape from Fort Bravo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
• Mogambo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
• Valley of the Kings, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
• The Long, Long Trailer, Universal, 1954
• Trial, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
• Oklahoma!, Magna, 1955
• Tribute to a Bad Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
• The Swan, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
• Raintree County, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
• Les Girls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
• Merry Andrew, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
• The Law and Jake Wade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
• Ben-Hur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959
• (As Robert L. Surtees) It Started in Naples, Paramount, 1960
• (As Robert L. Surtees) Cimarron, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1960
• (As Robert L. Surtees) Mutiny on the Bounty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1962
• PT 109, Warner Bros., 1963
• Kisses for My President (also known as Kisses for the President), Warner Bros., 1964
• The Third Day, WD, 1965
• The Satan Bug, United Artists, 1965
• The Collector, Columbia, 1965
• The Hallelujah Trail, United Artists, 1965
• The Chase, Columbia, 1966
• Lost Command (also known as Not for Honor and Glory), Columbia, 1966
• The Graduate, Embassy, 1967
• Doctor Doolittle, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
• Sweet Charity, Universal, 1969
• The Arrangement, Warner Bros., 1969
• The Liberation of L. B. Jones, Columbia, 1970
• The Last Picture Show, Columbia, 1971
• Summer of `42, Warner Bros., 1971
• The Cowboys, Warner Bros., 1972
• The Other (also known as L'Autre), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
• The Sting, Universal, 1973
• Lost Horizon, Columbia, 1973
• Oklahoma Crude, Columbia, 1973
• The Hindenburg, Universal, 1975
• The Great Waldo Pepper, Universal, 1975
• A Star Is Born, Warner Bros., 1976
• The Turning Point, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
• Same Time, Next Year, Universal, 1978
• Bloodbrothers (also known as A Father's Love), Warner Bros., 1978