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Robert Surtees

Career

Active from 1943 to 1978, busiest in 1943 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Surtees Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.7, average 1.6
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Nostalgic 6
  • Moral Ambiguity 5
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Classic Western 4
  • American West 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Family-Friendly 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Historical Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

14 titles · average score 59
Same Time, Next Year
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography

The Turning Point
The Turning Point (1977)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born (1976)
GoodWatch score 52

Director of Photography

The Great Waldo Pepper
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

The Hindenburg
The Hindenburg (1975)
GoodWatch score 43

Director of Photography

The Sting
The Sting (1973)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (1973)
GoodWatch score 32

Director of Photography

The Cowboys
The Cowboys (1972)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

The Other
The Other (1972)
GoodWatch score 54

Director of Photography

The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show (1971)
GoodWatch score 88

Director of Photography

Summer of '42
Summer of '42 (1971)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

The Liberation of L.B. Jones
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

1960s

16 titles · average score 58
Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity (1969)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

The Arrangement
The Arrangement (1969)
GoodWatch score 35

Director of Photography

Coogan's Bluff
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

The Graduate
The Graduate (1967)
GoodWatch score 83

Director of Photography

Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
GoodWatch score 44

Director of Photography

The Collector
The Collector (1965)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

The Hallelujah Trail
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
GoodWatch score 48

Director of Photography

The Satan Bug
The Satan Bug (1965)
GoodWatch score 56

Director of Photography

PT 109
PT 109 (1963)
GoodWatch score 54

Director of Photography

Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

Cimarron
Cimarron (1960)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

It Started in Naples
It Started in Naples (1960)
GoodWatch score 30

Director of Photography

1950s

21 titles · average score 61
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (1959)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

Merry Andrew
Merry Andrew (1958)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

The Law and Jake Wade
The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Raintree County
Raintree County (1957)
GoodWatch score 34

Director of Photography

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! (1955)
GoodWatch score 74

Director of Photography

Trial
Trial (1955)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

The Long, Long Trailer
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

Mogambo
Mogambo (1953)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

Escape from Fort Bravo
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography

The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

1940s

21 titles · average score 66
Act of Violence
Act of Violence (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust (1949)
GoodWatch score 85

Director of Photography

Big Jack
Big Jack (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

A Date with Judy
A Date with Judy (1948)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Tenth Avenue Angel
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

The Kissing Bandit
The Kissing Bandit (1948)
GoodWatch score 47

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The Unfinished Dance
The Unfinished Dance (1947)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Two Sisters from Boston
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

Two Girls and a Sailor
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
GoodWatch score 82

Director of Photography

Election Daze
Election Daze (1943)

Director of Photography

1930s

4 titles · average score 73
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
GoodWatch score 78

Camera Operator

David Harum
David Harum (1934)

Assistant Camera

State Fair
State Fair (1933)
GoodWatch score 80

Assistant Camera

Lady with a Past
Lady with a Past (1932)
GoodWatch score 62

Assistant Camera