Why this filmmaker matters
Robert Surtees has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Robert Surtees
Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1950–1976
- Known for
- Cinematographer
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Reading Robert Surtees
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Signature style
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Legacy
Surtees set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Best known for
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Complete credits
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Frequent collaborators
Canonical people credited alongside this name across multiple titles.
Sam Zimbalist
Producer
4 shared titles · Ben-Hur
Peter Bogdanovich
Director
3 shared titles · The Last Picture Show
Charles Durning
Actor
2 shared titles · The Sting
Hugh Griffith
Actor
2 shared titles · Mutiny on the Bounty
Anne Bancroft
Actor
2 shared titles · The Hindenburg
Deborah Kerr
Actor
2 shared titles · King Solomon's Mines
Buck Henry
Actor
2 shared titles · The Graduate
Clint Eastwood
Actor
2 shared titles · Coogan's Bluff
Barbra Streisand
Actor
2 shared titles · A Star Is Born
Mark Rydell
Director
2 shared titles · The Cowboys
Leslie Bricusse
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Doctor Dolittle
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Ben-Hur
Genre profile
- Drama12
- Romance8
- Adventure6
- Comedy4
- History4
- Action3
- Music3
- Western2
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1950–1976
- Features photographed
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Cinematographer
- photographed score
- 6.5
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0