Bruce Surtees

Bruce Surtees
Born	August 3, 1937 (1937-08-03) (age 72) Los Angeles  United States
Years active	1971 -

Bruce Surtees (03 August 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American cinematographer best known for his extensive work in Clint Eastwood films, mostly westerns of the 1970s and early 1980s. His filming style has been compared to that of the Dollars films of Sergio Leone.

He began as a camera operator working on Eastwood's films during the late 1960s, his credits including Coogan's Bluff and Two Mules for Sister Sara. He became a main cinematographer in 1971 with The Beguiled in which he worked as director of photography.

In 1971 he was director of photography of the acclaimed Dirty Harry.

Surtees was nominated for an Academy Award for his filming of Lenny in 1974.

Selected filmography

• License to Drive (1988)
• Pale Rider (1985)
• Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
• Tightrope (1984)
• Sudden Impact (1983)
• Risky Business (1983)
• Bad Boys (1983)
• Honkytonk Man (1982)
• White Dog (1982)
• Firefox (1982)
• Inchon (1981)
• Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1981)
• Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
• Dreamer (1979)
• Movie Movie (1978) (segment "Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
• Big Wednesday (1978)
• Three Warriors (1978)
• The Shootist (1976) (director of photography)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• Leadbelly (1976)
• Sparkle (1976)
• Night Moves (1975)
• Lenny (1974)
• The Outfit (1973) (director of photography)
• Blume in Love (1973)
• High Plains Drifter (1973) (director of photography)
• Joe Kidd (1972) (director of photography)
• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
• The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) (director of photography)
• Dirty Harry (1971) (director of photography)
• Play Misty for Me (1971) (director of photography)
• The Beguiled (1971) (director of photography)

External links

• Bruce Surtees at the Internet Movie Database