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Robert Christopher Elswit, ASC (born April 22, 1950) is an American cinematographer.

He has collaborated with Paul Thomas Anderson from 1996 to 2014, winning the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for There Will Be Blood.

Elswit has also collaborated with directors and screenwriters Tony and Dan Gilroy on all of the six films that either brother directed.

Elswit was born in Los Angeles.

He is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and worked there as a teaching assistant.

Elswit is also the godfather to the actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

An early short film he worked on was the 1982 television adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story All Summer in a Day.

He worked as a visual effects camera operator at John Dykstra's Apogee Productions Inc. on each film, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Empire Strikes Back and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, before shooting made-for-television films and shows.

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