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Bruce Surtees
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Cinematographer Born: July 27, 1937 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:The son of Hollywood cinematographer "Robert Surtees", "Bruce Surtees" himself began setting up angles and focus in the late 1960s. Surtees first gained widespread attention for his camerawork on the "Clint Eastwood"-"Don Siegel" collaborations "The Beguiled" (1971) and "Dirty Harry" (1971). When Eastwood launched his own directorial career, he took Surtees with him, and the results included such visual feasts as "Play Misty For Me" (1971), "High Plains Drifter" (1973), "The Outlaw Josie Wales" (1976) and "Pale Rider" (1985). Surtees' moody, noirish stylings, best exemplified by his Oscar-nominated black-and-white photography for "Mike Nichols"' "Lenny", have earned him the nickname "The Prince of Darkness." Not that "Bruce Surtees" is confined to any one genre; the same Surtees responsible for such shadow-drenched exercises as "Escape from Alcatraz" and "Tightrope" has also contributed the vibrant... Full Biography
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