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Robert Surtees (cinematographer)
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Robert Surtees (Aug 9, 1906 - Jan 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.
His son Bruce is also a cinematographer.
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Robert Surtees began working in Hollywood as assistant cameraman to Gregg Toland in the late 1920's, before moving to Germany for several years, eventually returning to Hollywood. He became one of the most accomplished cinematographers in motion pictures. He worked in any style of film: Ben-Hur (1959), The Graduate (1967), The Last Picture Show (1971) in black & white, The Summer of '42 (1971), The Sting (1973).
Robert Surtees was nominated for Best Cinematography [1] for:
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) Shared with: Harold Rosson
- King Solomon's Mines (1950) - Oscar
- Quo Vadis (1951) Shared with: William V. Skall
- The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - Oscar
- Oklahoma! (1955)
- Ben-Hur (1959) - Oscar
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
- The Graduate (1967)
- Doctor Dolittle (1967)
- The Summer of '42 (1971)
- The Last Picture Show (1971)
- The Sting (1973)
- The Hindenburg (1975)
- A Star Is Born (1976)
- The Turning Point (1977)
- Same Time, Next Year (1978)