Robert Elswit, ASC Wins Academy Award for There Will Be Blood

Congratulations to Robert Elswit, ASC on his Oscar win for There Will be Blood  at the 80th Academy Awards on Feb. 24.

"John Toll won this a number of years ago said that the production designer on his movie, that 50% of it belonged to him," Elswit said in his acceptance speech at the 80th Academy Awards on Feb. 24.  "Well, 80% belongs to Jack Fisk and his production crew. And David Crank and Dylan Tichenor. But it really, we all know it really, really belongs to Paul. That this is his imagination and his energy and his extraordinary vision. It sort of enabled us to create the world of "There Will Be Blood." Thank you, Paul. We're really all standing on the shoulders, we know this, of Daniel Day-Lewis, who isn't here right now, but thank you all so much. Thank you. And Helen. Thank you so much."

Elswit also won the ASC Award for feature film this year.
Throughout the course of his impressive career, Elswit has worked with numerous acclaimed directors including Paul Thomas Anderson, David Mamet, Don Roos, Joel Schumacher, Curtis Hanson, Stephen Gyllenhaal and Rob Reiner, among others.  His cinematography credits include Michael Clayton, Goodnight, And Good Luck, Syrianna, Runaway Jury, Gigli, Punchdrunk Love, Impostor, Heist, Bounce, Magnolia, 8 Millimeter, Tomorrow Never Dies, Boogie Nights, Boys, The Pallbearer, Hard Eight, The River Wild, A Dangerous Woman, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Waterland, Paris Trout, Bad Influence, A Killing in a Small Town, Amazing Grace and Chuck, Desert Hearts and The Sure Thing, and American Dreamz.

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