Bruce Surtees

Bruce Mohr Powell Surtees (July 23, 1937 – February 23, 2012) was an American cinematographer, the son of Maydell and cinematographer Robert L. Surtees.^[1] He is best known for his extensive work on Clint Eastwood's films, mostly westerns of the 1970s and early 1980s. His filming style has been compared to that of the Dollars trilogy 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 on Dirty Harry.

Surtees was nominated for an Academy Award for his cinematography on Lenny (1974). He died in 2012 of complications from diabetes.^[2][3]

Filmography

• License to Drive (1988)
• Psycho III (1986)
• 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)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• Leadbelly (1976)
• Sparkle (1976)
• Night Moves (1975)
• Lenny (1974)
• The Outfit (1973)
• Blume in Love (1973)
• High Plains Drifter (1973)
• Joe Kidd (1972)
• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
• The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• Play Misty for Me (1971)
• The Beguiled (1971)

References

External links

• Bruce Surtees at the Internet Movie Database