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Bob Akester

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Editorial Department
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Bob Akester is known for Stakeout (1987), Election (1999) and Unforgiven (1992).
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    • Known for

    Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez in Stakeout (1987)
    Stakeout
    6.7
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1987
    Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in Election (1999)
    Election
    7.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Bob Akaster)
    • 1999
    Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, and Richard Harris in Unforgiven (1992)
    Unforgiven
    8.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1992
    Bridget Fonda in Lake Placid (1999)
    Lake Placid
    5.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1999

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • A Season to Blossom (2026)
      A Season to Blossom
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • stills photographer
      • 2026
    • Victor Webster and Alison Sweeney in One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2024)
      One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • stills photographer
      • 2024
    • Cameron Mathison and Alison Sweeney in Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (2023)
      Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • stills photographer
      • 2023
    • Tyler Hynes, Andrew W. Walker, and Paul Campbell in Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022)
      Three Wise Men and a Baby
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • stills photographer
      • 2022
    • John Brotherton and Kimberley Sustad in Lights, Camera, Christmas! (2022)
      Lights, Camera, Christmas!
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • still photographer
      • 2022
    • Marlo Thomas, Alison Sweeney, and Maesa Nicholson in A Magical Christmas Village (2022)
      A Magical Christmas Village
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • unit stills photographer
      • 2022
    • Bones of Crows (2022)
      Bones of Crows
      6.8
      • still photographer
      • 2022
    • Sam Page and Cindy Busby in Joy for Christmas (2021)
      Joy for Christmas
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • still photographer
      • 2021
    • Matthew MacCaull and Becca Tobin in Christmas Is You (2021)
      Christmas Is You
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • still photographer
      • 2021
    • Haley Pullos in From Straight A's to XXX (2017)
      From Straight A's to XXX
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • still photographer (as Robert Akester)
      • 2017
    • Crash Gallery (2015)
      Crash Gallery
      TV Series
      • still photographer
      • 2015–2017
    • The Bleeding Edge (2016)
      The Bleeding Edge
      6.6
      • still photographer
      • 2016
    • Katharine Isabelle, Glenn Jacobs, and Nic Nemeth in Countdown (2016)
      Countdown
      4.7
      • stills photographer
      • 2016
    • Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, AnnaLynne McCord, and Saraya-Jade Bevis in Santa's Little Helper (2015)
      Santa's Little Helper
      4.9
      Video
      • still photographer
      • 2015
    • Aleks Paunovic, Jamie Bamber, Colin Cunningham, Stefanie von Pfetten, and Marie Avgeropoulos in Numb (2015)
      Numb
      5.6
      • still photographer
      • 2015

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Shelley (1987)
      Shelley
      • first assistant director
      • 1987
    • Donnelly Rhodes in Danger Bay (1983)
      Danger Bay
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1986
    • Britt Ekland in Dead Wrong (1983)
      Dead Wrong
      4.4
      • first assistant director
      • 1983
    • Young Warriors (1983)
      Young Warriors
      4.7
      • first assistant director: Canadian unit
      • 1983
    • Packin' It In (1983)
      Packin' It In
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director (as Robert H. Akester)
      • 1983
    • The Minikins (1981)
      The Minikins
      6.4
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Robert Akester)
      • 1982
    • Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1979)
      Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
      8.1
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Robert Akester)
      • 1980
    • Out of the Blue (1980)
      Out of the Blue
      7.2
      • second assistant director
      • 1980
    • Dreamspeaker (1976)
      Dreamspeaker
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 1976

    Editorial Department

    • The Oval Portrait (1973)
      The Oval Portrait
      4.1
      • rushes editor
      • 1973
    • One Minute Before Death (1972)
      One Minute Before Death
      3.6
      • editor: rushes
      • 1972

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    • Alternative names
      • Bob Akaster

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