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Rick Robertson(IV)

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  • Cinematographer
  • Writer
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Rick Robertson is known for This Is Spinal Tap (1984), The Emperor (1967) and Go for It (1976).
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    • Known for

    Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, R.J. Parnell, Harry Shearer, Spinal Tap, and David Kaff in This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
    This Is Spinal Tap
    7.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1984
    The Emperor (1967)
    The Emperor
    5.7
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1967
    Go for It (1976)
    Go for It
    3.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1976
    Donald Sutherland, Marcia Gay Harden, Forest Whitaker, and Linda Cardellini in American Gun (2005)
    American Gun
    6.1
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2005

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 (2020)
      Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
      8.2
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 2020
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2007–2019
    • Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2013)
      Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
      8.0
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 2013
    • Eric Clapton and Wynton Marsalis in Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center (2011)
      Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
      8.4
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 2011
    • Making 'the Last of the Mohicans' (2010)
      Making 'the Last of the Mohicans'
      7.8
      Video
      • camera operator: behind the scenes
      • 2010
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2008
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2005–2007
    • Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
      Curb Your Enthusiasm
      8.8
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2002–2005
    • Donald Sutherland, Marcia Gay Harden, Forest Whitaker, and Linda Cardellini in American Gun (2005)
      American Gun
      6.1
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback (2005)
      The Comeback
      7.9
      TV Series
      • camera operator: 'a' camera
      • camera operator: 'b' camera
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • additional camera operator
      • 1990–2005
    • A Powerful Rage: Behind 'the Grudge'
      5.5
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • Rodney Brooks, Robert Krulwich, Jacob Ward, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sherry Turkle, Carla Wohl, Ziya Tong, Kristi Curry Rogers, David Pogue, Raymond Rogers, Mary Schweitzer, Peter Standring, Manel Esteller, Derek Briggs, Brian Hare, David Spergel, Jim Gillogly, Chad Cohen, James Sanborn, Jennifer Wittmeyer, Ed Scheidt, Elonka Dunin, Said Musa, Arlie Petters, Bernice Waight, Jean-Pierre Issa, and Randy Jirtle in Nova ScienceNow (2005)
      Nova ScienceNow
      8.5
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1984–2004
    • HBO First Look (1992)
      HBO First Look
      6.3
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • additional camerawork
      • camera operator: production unit
      • 1999–2004

    Cinematographer

    • Getting Past Impossible: Forrest Gump and the Visual Effects Revolution (2009)
      Getting Past Impossible: Forrest Gump and the Visual Effects Revolution
      7.0
      Video
      • photographed by
      • 2009
    • Naked Science (2004)
      Naked Science
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Decoding the Past: Cults - Dangerous Devotion (2006)
      Decoding the Past: Cults - Dangerous Devotion
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Imagine 01: A Celebration of Children's Hospital Los Angeles
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2005
    • Black Sky: Winning the X Prize
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2004
    • Black Sky: The Race for Space (2004)
      Black Sky: The Race for Space
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2004
    • The Making of 'Runaway Jury' (2004)
      The Making of 'Runaway Jury'
      5.9
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2004
    • 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle': XXX-Treme Angels
      7.4
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2003
    • HBO First Look (1992)
      HBO First Look
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2003
    • Behind the Rules of Engagement
      8.1
      Video
      • director of photography
      • 2000
    • Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion (2000)
      Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2000
    • Swimsuit: The Movie (1997)
      Swimsuit: The Movie
      5.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 1997
    • Photographers
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 1995
    • Tom Hanks and Michael Conner Humphreys in Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994)
      Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 1994
    • The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990)
      The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
      6.9
      TV Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1990

    Writer

    • The Emperor (1967)
      The Emperor
      5.7
      Short
      • written by
      • 1967

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