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Roberto Schaefer

Career

Active from 1989 to 2025, busiest in 1994 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Best in Show
Best in Show
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Roberto Schaefer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    1.1, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Showbiz 4
  • Mockumentary 3
  • Ensemble Cast 3
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Quirky Characters 2
  • Emotional Resonance 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
At Last
At Last

Cinematography

Byrd and the Bees
Byrd and the Bees

Cinematography

Everybody Here Wants You
Everybody Here Wants You

Cinematography

2020s

3 titles · average score 43
Forelock
Forelock (2025)

Director of Photography

The Fabulous Four
The Fabulous Four (2024)
GoodWatch score 41

Director of Photography

Creation Stories
Creation Stories (2021)
GoodWatch score 45

Director of Photography

2010s

9 titles · average score 47
The Red Sea Diving Resort
The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
GoodWatch score 48

Director of Photography

Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake (2019)
GoodWatch score 35

Director of Photography

What They Had
What They Had (2018)
GoodWatch score 74

Director of Photography

Geostorm
Geostorm (2017)
GoodWatch score 33

Director of Photography

Term Life
Term Life (2016)
GoodWatch score 30

Director of Photography

Miles Ahead
Miles Ahead (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

The Host
The Host (2013)
GoodWatch score 38

Director of Photography

The Paperboy
The Paperboy (2012)
GoodWatch score 48

Director of Photography

Machine Gun Preacher
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography

2000s

10 titles · average score 65
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass (2009)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

Quantum of Solace
Quantum of Solace (2008)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner (2007)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

For Your Consideration
For Your Consideration (2006)
GoodWatch score 58

"A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Stay
Stay (2005)
GoodWatch score 51

Director of Photography

Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Monster's Ball
Monster's Ball (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

Everything Put Together
Everything Put Together (2001)
GoodWatch score 52

Director of Photography

Best in Show
Best in Show (2000)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

1990s

5 titles · average score 59
Waiting for Guffman
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Loungers
Loungers (1996)

Director of Photography

Roadracers
Roadracers (1994)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

Cool and the Crazy
Cool and the Crazy (1994)
GoodWatch score 36

Director of Photography

Le mosche in testa
Le mosche in testa (1991)

Cinematography

1980s

1 title
La fine della notte
La fine della notte (1989)

Director of Photography