| Birth name | Robert David Yeoman |
|---|---|
| Birth date | March 10, 1951 (age 75) |
| Birth place | Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Organization | American Society of Cinematographers |
Robert David Yeoman, ASC (born March 10, 1951) is an American cinematographer.
He is best known for his collaboration with director Wes Anderson, working on all of his live-action films from 1996 to 2024, with his work on The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) earning him an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Cinematography.
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 almost every live-action feature film by Wes Anderson (except The Phoenician Scheme[3]), 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.[4]
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
Short film
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Hotel Chevalier | Wes Anderson |
| 2023 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | |
| The Rat Catcher | ||
| Poison |
Television
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | C.A.T. Squad | William Friedkin |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony | Will Mackenzie |
| 1993 | Double Deception | Jan Egleson |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Richard Benjamin |
Awards and nominations
- ^ Shared credit with Alexandre Rockwell
- ^ Tied with Emmanuel Lubezki
References
- ^ "Notable Alumni at USC School of Cinematic Arts". Archived 2008-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ Drugstore Cowboy (1989), The New York Times. Accessed September 18, 2009.
- ^ Sharf, Zack (2018-01-09). "Robert Yeoman Looks Back on Filming Six Wes Anderson Films: 'We Always Find a Way of Pulling it Off'". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ "American Society of Cinematographers Roster". theasc.com. Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
External links
- Robert Yeoman at IMDb
- Robert Yeoman at the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers