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Robert L. Surtees

Birth Name:	Robert Lee Surtees
Alt Names:	Robert Surtees
Born:	August 9, 1906
Birth Place:	Covington, Kentucky
Died:	January 5, 1985
Death Place:	Monterey, California
Cause:	undisclosed
Age at Death:	78 years and 149 days
More Info:	Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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1944	Cinematography (Black-and-White). Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Surtees and Harold Rosson.
1950	Cinematography (Color). King Solomon’s Mines, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Surtees.
1951	Cinematography (Color). Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Surtees and William V. Skall.
1952	Cinematography (Black-and-White). The Bad and the Beautiful, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Surtees.
1955	Cinematography (Color). Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein Pictures, Inc.; Magna Theatre Corporation. Robert Surtees.
1959	Cinematography (Color). Ben-Hur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert L. Surtees.
1962	Cinematography (Color). Mutiny on the Bounty, Arcola Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert L. Surtees.
1967	Cinematography. Doctor Dolittle, Apjac Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Robert Surtees.
1967	Cinematography. The Graduate, Mike Nichols-Lawrence Turman Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. Robert Surtees.
1971	Cinematography. The Last Picture Show, BBS Productions; Columbia. Robert Surtees.
1971	Cinematography. Summer of ’42, Robert Mulligan-Richard Alan Roth Production; Warner Bros. Robert Surtees.
1973	Cinematography. The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. Robert Surtees.
1975	Cinematography. The Hindenburg, Robert Wise-Filmakers Group-Universal Production; Universal. Robert Surtees.
1976	Cinematography. A Star Is Born, Barwood/Jon Peters Production; First Artists Presentation; Warner Bros. Robert Surtees.
1977	Cinematography. The Turning Point, Hera Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Robert Surtees.
1978	Cinematography. Same Time, Next Year, Walter Mirisch-Robert Mulligan Production; Mirisch Corporation/Universal Pictures Presentation; Universal. Robert Surtees.

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