Robert Yeoman

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Robert Yeoman
The Oscar Nominated Cinematographer Hollywood, Robert Yeoman at the Masterclass on Cinematography, during the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2016), in Panaji, Goa on November 26, 2016.jpg
Yeoman in 2016
Born
Robert David Yeoman

(1951-03-10) March 10, 1951 (age 73)
Alma mater Duke University
OccupationCinematographer
Organization American Society of Cinematographers

Robert David Yeoman, ASC (born March 10, 1951) is an American cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors Wes Anderson and Paul Feig. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and has won numerous other awards including an Independent Spirit Award.

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Life and career

Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Yeoman spent his childhood in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 1973 and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1979. [1]

Yeoman's first filmwork was done as a second unit director of photography on To Live and Die in LA , directed by William Friedkin in 1986. He went on to shoot many independent films including Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy — for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography [2] Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale , Roman Coppola's CQ and Kevin Smith's Dogma . He has worked on every live-action feature film by Wes Anderson, including Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) as cinematographer, as well as The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), credited as director of photography. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on The Grand Budapest Hotel .

Yeoman is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. [3]

Style

Yeoman frequently collaborates with director Wes Anderson. His style in Anderson's films consists of using color palettes to highlight the colors of the set and costumes. Anderson and Yeoman shoot the movies with film stock, anamorphic lenses, soft lighting, and theater-like composition, giving them the distinctive visuals for which Anderson's films are known.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1983Hero Alexandre Rockwell With Alexandre Rockwell
1987 Rampage William Friedkin
1988 Rented Lips Robert Downey Sr.
Johnny Be Good Bud S. Smith
Dead Heat Mark Goldblatt
1989 Drugstore Cowboy Gus Van Sant
The Wizard Todd Holland
1990 Too Much Sun Robert Downey Sr.
Kid John Mark Robinson
1991 The Linguini Incident Richard Shepard
Past Midnight Jan Eliasberg
1993The Paint JobMichael Taav
1994 Somebody to Love Alexandre Rockwell
1995 Coldblooded Wallace Wolodarsky
1996 Bottle Rocket Wes Anderson 1st collaborations with Wes Anderson
The Substance of Fire Daniel J. Sullivan
1997White LiesKen Selden
1998 Permanent Midnight David Veloz
Rushmore Wes Anderson
1999 Dogma Kevin Smith
2000 Down to You Kris Isacsson
Beautiful Sally Field
2001 Double Whammy Tom DiCillo
CQ Roman Coppola
The Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2005 The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach
Red Eye Wes Craven
2007 The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson
Martian Child Menno Meyjes
2008 Manolete
Yes Man Peyton Reed
2009 Whip It Drew Barrymore
2010 Get Him to the Greek Nicholas Stoller
2011 Bridesmaids Paul Feig
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson
2013 The Heat Paul Feig
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Love & Mercy Bill Pohlad
2015 Spy Paul Feig
2016 Ghostbusters
2018 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Ol Parker
2021 The French Dispatch Wes Anderson
2023 Asteroid City
TBA The Collaboration Kwame Kwei-Armah Post-production

Documentary film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1982BoomingDennis Lanson
2016 Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang Kevin Macdonald With Florian Zinke

Direct-to-video

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1987Playboy: Bedtime Stories Anthony Spinelli Segments "The Ring and the Garter" and "The Virgin's Cup"
1997 Dogwatch John Langley

Short film

YearTitleDirector
2007 Hotel Chevalier Wes Anderson
2023 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Rat Catcher
Poison

Television

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1986 C.A.T. Squad William Friedkin
1991 Perfect Harmony Will Mackenzie
1993Double DeceptionJan Egleson
1998 The Pentagon Wars Richard Benjamin

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1988Vietnam War Story Todd Holland Episode "Separated"
1989The Big Room
2012Tiny Is My GirlMike BradecichMiniseries
2021Bite Size HalloweenJess CoulterEpisode "Skincare"

TV short

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2016The Toycracker: A Mini-Musical Spectacular Andreas Nilsson
Henry Sedler
Paul Nguyen
With Peter Deming

Awards and nominations

YearTitleAward/Nomination
1989 Drugstore Cowboy Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Nominated- Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Chlotrudis Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Nominated- Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography [lower-alpha 1]
IndieWire Critics Poll Award for Best Cinematography (3rd place)
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Nominated- BSC Best Cinematography Award
Nominated- Chlotrudis Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
Nominated- Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
  1. Tied with Emmanuel Lubezki

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