Robert Richardson (Director of Photography) - Biography
Robert Richardson (ASC) studied film and art at the Rhode Island School of Design before earning his master’s degree at the American Film Institute. He is a two-time Academy Award winner for Best Cinematography, for The Aviator (2004) and JFK (1992), and has also earned Oscar nominations for Snow Falling on Cedars (2000), Born on the Fourth of July (1990), and Platoon (1987).
Richardson received his eighth ASC Outstanding Achievement Award nomination for The Good Shepherd. In addition to Standard Operating Procedure, his credits include such memorable films as A Few Good Men; Heaven and Earth; The Horse Whisperer; Casino; Salvador; Wall Street; The Doors; Natural Born Killers; Nixon; Wag the Dog; Four Feathers; and Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap and Out of Control.
