# Robert Yeoman

Robert David Yeoman, ASC (born March 10, 1951) is an American cinematographer.
He's best known for his collaboration with director Wes Anderson, working in all of his live-action films from 1996 to 2024, with his work on The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) earning him an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Cinematography.

## 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 California School of Cinematic Arts in 1979.
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 — Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale, Roman Coppola's CQ and Kevin Smith's Dogma. He has worked on every live-action feature film by Wes Anderson, including Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) as cinematographer, as well as The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), credited as director of photography. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Yeoman is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

## Style

Yeoman frequently collaborates with director Wes Anderson. His style in Anderson's films consists of using color palettes to highlight the colors of the set and costumes. Anderson and Yeoman shoot the movies with film stock, anamorphic lenses, soft lighting, and theater-like composition, giving them the distinctive visuals for which Anderson's films are known.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1983 | Hero | Alexandre Rockwell | With Alexandre Rockwell |
| 1987 | Rampage | William Friedkin | |
| 1988 | Rented Lips | Robert Downey Sr. | |
| 1988 | Johnny Be Good | Bud S. Smith | |
| 1988 | Dead Heat | Mark Goldblatt | |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy | Gus Van Sant | |
| 1989 | The Wizard | Todd Holland | |
| 1990 | Too Much Sun | Robert Downey Sr. | |
| 1990 | Kid | John Mark Robinson | |
| 1991 | The Linguini Incident | Richard Shepard | |
| 1991 | Past Midnight | Jan Eliasberg | |
| 1993 | The Paint Job | Michael Taav | |
| 1994 | Somebody to Love | Alexandre Rockwell | |
| 1995 | Coldblooded | Wallace Wolodarsky | |
| 1996 | Bottle Rocket | Wes Anderson | 1st collaborations with Wes Anderson |
| 1996 | The Substance of Fire | Daniel J. Sullivan | |
| 1997 | White Lies | Ken Selden | |
| 1998 | Permanent Midnight | David Veloz | |
| 1998 | Rushmore | Wes Anderson | |
| 1999 | Dogma | Kevin Smith | |
| 2000 | Down to You | Kris Isacsson | |
| 2000 | Beautiful | Sally Field | |
| 2001 | Double Whammy | Tom DiCillo | |
| 2001 | CQ | Roman Coppola | |
| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson | |
| 2005 | The Squid and the Whale | Noah Baumbach | |
| 2005 | Red Eye | Wes Craven | |
| 2007 | The Darjeeling Limited | Wes Anderson | |
| 2007 | Martian Child | Menno Meyjes | |
| 2008 | Manolete | Menno Meyjes | |
| 2008 | Yes Man | Peyton Reed | |
| 2009 | Whip It | Drew Barrymore | |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Nicholas Stoller | |
| 2011 | Bridesmaids | Paul Feig | |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson | |
| 2013 | The Heat | Paul Feig | |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | |
| 2014 | Love & Mercy | Bill Pohlad | |
| 2015 | Spy | Paul Feig | |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Paul Feig | |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Ol Parker | |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Wes Anderson | |
| 2023 | Asteroid City | Wes Anderson | |
| TBA | The Collaboration | Kwame Kwei-Armah | Post-production |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1982 | Booming | Dennis Lanson | |
| 2016 | Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang | Kevin Macdonald | With Florian Zinke |
Direct-to-video
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1987 | Playboy: Bedtime Stories | Anthony Spinelli | Segments "The Ring and the Garter" and "The Virgin's Cup" |
| 1997 | Dogwatch | John Langley | |
Short film
| Year | Title | Director |
| 2007 | Hotel Chevalier | Wes Anderson |
| 2023 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Wes Anderson |
| 2023 | The Rat Catcher | Wes Anderson |
| 2023 | Poison | Wes Anderson |

### Television

TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1986 | C.A.T. Squad | William Friedkin |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony | Will Mackenzie |
| 1993 | Double Deception | Jan Egleson |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | Richard Benjamin |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1988 | Vietnam War Story | Todd Holland | Episode "Separated" |
| 1989 | The Big Room | | |
| 2012 | Tiny Is My Girl | Mike Bradecich | Miniseries |
| 2021 | Bite Size Halloween | Jess Coulter | Episode "Skincare" |
TV short
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2016 | The Toycracker: A Mini-Musical Spectacular | Andreas Nilsson Henry Sedler Paul Nguyen | With Peter Deming |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Title | Award/Nomination |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy | Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Nominated- Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- Chlotrudis Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film Nominated- Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography IndieWire Critics Poll Award for Best Cinematography (3rd place) Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Nominated- BSC Best Cinematography Award Nominated- Chlotrudis Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature Film Nominated- Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography |
* ↑ Tied with Emmanuel Lubezki