Robert Elswit won an Academy Award® for Best Cinematography for his work on Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood." He also earned a BAFTA Award nomination and won several critics associations' awards for his cinematography on the film, including the New York Film Critics and National Society of Film Critics Awards. Elswit has collaborated with Anderson on several of the director's films, beginning with "Hard Eight," and also including "Boogie Nights," "Magnolia," "Punch-Drunk Love" and most recently, "Inherent Vice."
Elswit earned his first Oscar® nomination for his black-and-white cinematography on George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck.," for which he won an Independent Spirit Award, as well as the Los Angeles and Boston Film Critics Awards. He also lensed the George Clooney starrers "The Men Who Stare at Goats," "Michael Clayton" and "Syriana."
In addition to his work with Anderson, Elswit has worked repeatedly with a number of directors on such projects as Gary Fleder's "Runaway Jury" and "Imposter"; "Redbelt" and "Heist," with writer/director David Mamet; Curtis Hanson's "The River Wild," "Bad Influence" and "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"; and "A Dangerous Woman," "Waterland" and "Paris Trout," directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal.
Elswit's long list of film credits also includes Dan Gilroy's "Nightcrawler," Tony Gilroy's "The Bourne Legacy," Brad Bird's "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Ben Affleck's "The Town," Joel Schumacher's "8MM," the Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies," Mike Newell's "Amazing Grace and Chuck," and Rob Reiner's "The Sure Thing." In addition, he worked on Martin Scorsese's acclaimed Rolling Stones documentary "Shine a Light."
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