Bruce Surtees

Cinematographer. Born 3 August 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 23 February 2012.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

3 August 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died

23 February 2012

Active

1971–1985

Frequently works with

Clint Eastwood, Dean Riesner, Don Siegel, John Vernon, Richard Tuggle, Sondra Locke, Robert Daley

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

67Fi1m

61Critics

We rate Bruce’s work 7 points above the press, across 8 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above2

60 to 796

Under 602

Of 10 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 10 films
Screen time: 18 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $779m across 9 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1971–1985

Genres

Action5
Drama5
Thriller5
Crime4
Comedy2
Science Fiction2

Best and worst on Fi1m

82BestEscape from Alcatraz1979

47WorstFirefox1982

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21960s

201970s

161980s

161990s

42000s

Directors most worked with

Clint Eastwood8 titles

Don Siegel2 titles

Richard Tuggle2 titles

Co-stars most worked with

John Vernon2 titles

Sondra Locke2 titles

Producers most worked with

Robert Daley2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1975Best Cinematography · Lenny

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.