Robert Surtees

Born August 9, 1906· Covington, Kentucky, USA

† Died January 5, 1985

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Born in Covington, Kentucky and raised in Ohio, Surtees left Withrow High School to work as a portrait photographer and retoucher before a year of photographic study in New York sparked his ambition to become a cinematographer. Relocating to California in 1925, he entered the studio system as an assistant on Westerns and comedies, later traveling to Europe to aid Charles Stumar and, according to s… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources