Robert Richardson

Best known as a Cinematographer based on credits in that role in 34 films, with $5,136,900,075 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #16)
Best-known technical roles: Venom: Let There be Carnage (Cinematographer), Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (Cinematographer), Django Unchained (Cinematographer), The Equalizer 3 (Cinematographer), World War Z (Cinematographer)
Most productive collaborators: Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Shannon McIntosh, Georgia Kacandes
Born: August 27, 1955 (68 years old)
                                    

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Career Summary


  MoviesDomestic
Box Office		International
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office
In Technical RolesCinematographer34$2,370,712,193$2,766,187,882$5,136,900,075
Set Decorator1$50,282,766$797$50,283,563

Latest Ranking on Selected Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top Grossing Cinematographer at the Domestic Box Office 13 $2,370,712,193
Top Grossing Set Decorator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 486 $50,282,766
Top Grossing Cinematographer at the International Box Office 20 $2,766,187,882
Top Grossing Set Decorator at the International Box Office (Rank 801-900) 831 $797
Top Grossing Cinematographer at the Worldwide Box Office 16 $5,136,900,075
Top Grossing Set Decorator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) 594 $50,283,563

See the Acting Credits tab for all Acting Box Office Records and the Technical Credits tab for all Technical Box Office Records.


2015 Awards Season: Oscar Preview

February 28th, 2016

The Revenant

It’s Oscar day and, if all goes to plan, I will be live-blogging the ceremony tonight. Here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions from our readers, and my personal wishes. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers (we’ll have a full rundown of the predictions at noon, after the contest ends). If I am predicting a different film, those are in Italics. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don’t think will win, are Underlined. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award was not even nominated, plus a few I don’t have a real opinion on.

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2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

The Revenant

The Oscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees. The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in. More...

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Release
Date		TitleRoleDomestic
Box Office		International
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office
Sep 1, 2023The Equalizer 3 Director of Photography $92,373,751$93,312,813$185,686,564
Oct 1, 2021Venom: Let There be Carnage Director of Photography $213,550,366$287,996,556$501,546,922
Jul 26, 2019Once Upon a Time…in Hollywo… Director of Photography $142,502,728$234,924,175$377,426,903
Nov 2, 2018A Private War Director of Photography $1,633,209$2,310,956$3,944,165
Jun 1, 2018Adrift Director of Photography $31,445,011$26,452,180$57,897,191
Oct 13, 2017Breathe Director of Photography $489,322$4,413,794$4,903,116
Dec 25, 2016Live by Night Director of Photography $10,378,555$11,395,877$21,774,432
Dec 25, 2015The Hateful Eight Director of Photography $54,117,416$97,695,942$151,813,358
Jun 21, 2013World War Z Director of Photography $202,706,711$329,154,939$531,861,650
Dec 25, 2012Django Unchained Cinematographer $162,805,434$287,036,132$449,841,566
Nov 23, 2011Hugo Director of Photography $73,864,507$106,183,277$180,047,784
Aug 13, 2010Eat Pray Love Cinematographer $80,574,010$126,024,779$206,598,789
Feb 19, 2010Shutter Island Cinematographer $128,012,934$171,448,848$299,461,782
Aug 21, 2009Inglourious Basterds Cinematographer $120,774,594$196,027,687$316,802,281
Dec 22, 2006The Good Shepherd Director of Photography $59,908,565$40,469,706$100,378,271
Dec 17, 2004The Aviator Cinematographer $102,608,827$105,762,065$208,370,892
Apr 16, 2004Kill Bill: Volume 2 Director of Photography $66,207,920$87,328,062$153,535,982
Oct 10, 2003Kill Bill: Volume 1 Director of Photography $70,098,138$106,371,290$176,469,428
Dec 24, 1999Snow Falling on Cedars Director of Photography $14,378,353$14,378,353
May 15, 1998The Horse Whisperer Director of Photography $75,383,563$111,500,000$186,883,563
Dec 25, 1997Wag the Dog Director of Photography $43,057,470$21,194,568$64,252,038
Oct 3, 1997U-Turn Director of Photography $6,690,074$6,690,074
Dec 20, 1995Nixon Director of Photography $13,668,249$21,000,000$34,668,249
Nov 22, 1995Casino Director of Photography $42,438,300$67,961,700$110,400,000
Aug 26, 1994Natural Born Killers Director of Photography
Set Decorator		 $50,282,766$797$50,283,563
Dec 25, 1993Heaven & Earth Director of Photography $5,840,300$5,840,300
Dec 11, 1992A Few Good Men Director of Photography $141,340,178$95,159,822$236,500,000
Dec 20, 1991JFK Director of Photography $70,405,498$134,994,502$205,400,000
Oct 11, 1991City of Hope Director of Photography $1,264,910$1,264,910
Mar 1, 1991The Doors Director of Photography $34,416,893$52,348$34,469,241
Dec 20, 1989Born on the Fourth of July Director of Photography $70,001,698$70,001,698
Sep 1, 1988Eight Men Out Director of Photography $5,680,515$5,680,515
Dec 11, 1987Wall Street Director of Photography $43,848,100$43,848,100
Dec 19, 1986Platoon Director of Photography $137,963,328$15,067$137,978,395
 
Averages $69,726,829$102,451,403$151,085,296
Totals 34 $2,370,712,193$2,766,187,882$5,136,900,075

Latest Ranking on All Technical Box Office Record Lists


RecordRankAmount
Top Grossing Cinematographer at the Domestic Box Office 13 $2,370,712,193
Top Grossing Set Decorator at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500) 486 $50,282,766
Top Grossing Cinematographer at the International Box Office 20 $2,766,187,882
Top Grossing Set Decorator at the International Box Office (Rank 801-900) 831 $797
Top Grossing Cinematographer at the Worldwide Box Office 16 $5,136,900,075
Top Grossing Set Decorator at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 501-600) 594 $50,283,563