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Robert Yeoman

American cinematographer

Robert David Yeoman, ASC (born March 10, 1951) is an American cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors Wes Anderson and Paul Feig. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and has won numerous other awards including an Independent Spirit Award.

Life and career

Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Yeoman spent his childhood in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 1973 and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Southern CaliforniaSchool of Cinematic Arts in 1979.[1]

Yeoman's first filmwork was done as a second unit director of photography on To Live and Die in LA, directed by William Friedkin in 1986. He went on to shoot many independent films including Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy — for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography[2] — Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale, Roman Coppola's CQ and Kevin Smith's Dogma. He has worked on every live-a

An Analysis of Robert Yeoman's Approach to Filming 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'

Robert Yeoman's Early life, Professional Career, and the Grand Budapest Hotel.

Yeoman was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. During his childhood in the northern Chicago suburbs. He attended Duke University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1973 and a Master of Fine Arts from USC School of Cinema-Television in 1979. Yeoman's rookie work in the film industry was with To Live and Die in LA as a second unit director of photography, under William Friedkin in 1986. He later moved on to shoot various independent films, one of which included Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy. For that film, he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.

In the mid-1980s, Yeoman began working with director Wes Anderson on his debut feature Bottle Rocket. The two have been collaborating ever since, with Yeoman serving as the cinematographer on all of Anderson's films

Yeoman's work on The Grand Budapest Hotel was essential in bringing Anderson's vision to li

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