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Robert Surtees
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Robert Lee Surtees, A.S.C. (August 9, 1906 – January 5, 1985) was an American cinematographer. He worked at various studios, including Universal, UFA, Warner Brothers, and MGM, lighting for notable directors Howard Hawks, Mike Nichols, and William Wyler, gaining him a reputation as one of the most versatile cinematographers of his time. He won three Academy Awards, out of 16 total nominations, for the films King Solomon's Mines (1950), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), and Ben-Hur (1959).
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Bloodbrothers
Same Time, Next Year
The Turning Point
A Star Is Born
The Hindenburg
The Great Waldo Pepper
The Sting
Oklahoma Crude
Lost Horizon
The Other
The Cowboys
The Last Picture Show
Summer of '42
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Sweet Charity
Coogan's Bluff
The Graduate
Doctor Dolittle
Lost Command
The Third Day
The Hallelujah Trail
The Collector
The Satan Bug
Kisses for My President
PT 109
Mutiny on the Bounty
Cimarron
It Started in Naples
Ben-Hur
The Law and Jake Wade
Raintree County
Les Girls
The Swan
Tribute to a Bad Man
Oklahoma!
Trial
Valley of the Kings
The Long, Long Trailer
Escape from Fort Bravo
Mogambo
Ride, Vaquero!
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Merry Widow
The Light Touch
Quo Vadis
The Strip
King Solomon's Mines
Intruder in the Dust
Act of Violence
A Date with Judy
Big City
Tenth Avenue Angel
No Leave, No Love
Strange Holiday
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Two Girls and a Sailor
Lost Angel
Heavenly Music