Robert Richardson

Biography:

American cinematographer Robert Bridge Richardson, ASC, was born on August 27, 1955. He has worked with renowned filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, and Oliver Stone. He is well-known for his very brilliant highlights and for experimenting with many visual approaches using both film and digital cameras.

Along with Vittorio Storaro and Emmanuel Lubezki, he is one of only three living recipients of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Richardson started out as a camera operator and second unit photographer on films like Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, Dorian Walker’s Making the Grade, and Alex Cox’s Repo Man (all in 1984). He has worked as a cinematographer for TV documentaries and docudramas, including God’s Peace for the BBC, America for The Disney Channel, and The Front Line: El Salvador on PBS. Oliver Stone hired him to “shoot” Salvador (1986) after he met him through his work on television and documentaries.