Robert Surtees

Cinematographer

As cinematographer, Robert Surtees shot 29 rated films; 5 were hits (80/100+), a .172 batting average.

Batting average
.172
Hits
5 of 29 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 32% of 425 cinematographers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1944–1978

Films, rated out of 100

  1. Same Time, Next Year (1978) — 57/100
  2. The Turning Point (1977) — 66/100
  3. The Hindenburg (1975) — 51/100
  4. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) — 64/100
  5. The Sting (1973) — 88/100 · hit
  6. The Other (1972) — 70/100
  7. The Last Picture Show (1971) — 98/100 · hit
  8. Summer of '42 (1971) — 69/100
  9. Sweet Charity (1969) — 68/100
  10. The Arrangement (1969) — 45/100
  11. Coogan's Bluff (1968) — 76/100
  12. Doctor Dolittle (1967) — 50/100
  13. The Graduate (1967) — 94/100 · hit
  14. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — 51/100
  15. The Satan Bug (1965) — 59/100
  16. The Collector (1965) — 77/100
  17. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) — 67/100
  18. Cimarron (1960) — 63/100
  19. Ben-Hur (1959) — 95/100 · hit
  20. The Law and Jake Wade (1958) — 67/100
  21. Les Girls (1957) — 75/100
  22. Oklahoma! (1955) — 73/100
  23. The Long, Long Trailer (1954) — 64/100
  24. Mogambo (1953) — 69/100
  25. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) — 65/100
  26. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) — 79/100
  27. Quo Vadis (1951) — 72/100
  28. Act of Violence (1949) — 81/100 · hit
  29. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) — 77/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. The Last Picture Show (1971) — 98/100 · hit
  2. Ben-Hur (1959) — 95/100 · hit
  3. The Graduate (1967) — 94/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. The Arrangement (1969) — 45/100
  2. Doctor Dolittle (1967) — 50/100
  3. The Hallelujah Trail (1965) — 51/100

How these numbers work: Methodology