Biography
Robert Elswit is an American cinematographer. Born on 22 April 1950 in Los Angeles, he studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Southern California and the American Film Institute.
He is known for his long collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson, shooting Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and There Will Be Blood (2007). Elswit won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the last of these. He has also worked repeatedly with directors Tony and Dan Gilroy.
His other credits include Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), the Mission: Impossible films Ghost Protocol (2011) and Rogue Nation (2015), Nightcrawler (2014) and Bob Marley: One Love (2024).
