ROBERT STEVENS   ASC

Born: ?, as Robert [Bob] M. Stevens.

Education: San Jose State College.

Career: Started at CBS Studio Center delivering mail. Became film loader for 2 years, then 1st c.asst on the CBS TV series 'Family Affair', then c.op. Worked as c.op with László Kovács for more then 7 years.

Member of the ASC since 1993.

Appeared in the doc 'Divine Trash' [1997, Steve Yeager].



 FILMS

1980

Inside Moves [Richard Donner] c; co-2uc (+ co-c.op); ph: László Kovács

1984

Secret Admirer/The Letter [David Greenwalt] c; 2uc; ph: Victor Kemper

1984

The Goonies [Richard Donner] p/c; 2uc; ph: Nick McLean

1987

Shoot to Kill/Deadly Pursuit [Roger Spottiswoode] c; addph; ph: Michael Chapman

1988

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! [David Zucker] c; 2uc: Frank Holgate & Robert Thomas

1988

The 'burbs' [Joe Dante] c; addph: John Hora

1988

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [Steven Spielberg] p/c; co-addph; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1988

Honor Bound [Jeannot Szwarc] c; 2uc: Jean Orjollet; + small part

1989

Tune in Tomorrow/Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter [Jon Amiel] c

1990

Delirious [Tom Mankiewicz] c

1990

Nothing But Trouble/Valkenvania [Dan Aykroyd] c; co-2uc; ph: Dean Cundey

1990

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear [David Zucker] c

1991

Wayne's World [Penelope Spheeris] c; 2uc; ph: Theo van de Sande

1992

Amazing Stories: Book Four [seg 'Mirror, Mirror' (ep #19) dir by Martin Scorsese] c/V; video collection of 3 ep of tv-series; + seg 'Blue Man Down' (d: Paul Michael Glaser; ph: Charles Minsky) & 'Mr. Magic' (d: Donald Petrie; ph: John McPherson)

1992

Amazing Stories: Book Five [seg 'Fine Tuning' (ep #7) dir by Bob Balaban] c/V; video collection of 3 ep of tv-series; + seg 'The Pumpkin Competition' (d: Norman Reynolds; ph: John McPherson) & 'Without Diana' (d: Lesli Linka Glatter; ph: John McPherson)

1993

Serial Mom [John Waters] c

1993

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult [Peter Segal] c; addph: Robert Primes

1994

Tommy Boy [Peter Segal] c; 2uc L.A.; ph: Victor Kemper

1996

Murder at 1600 [Dwight H. Little] c; 2uc Washington D.C.; ph: Steven Bernstein

1996

The Man Who Knew Too Little [Jon Amiel] c

1997

Pecker [John Waters] c

1998

Simply Irresistible [Mark Tarlov] s35/c; 2uc: Phil Oetiker

1998

Labor Pains [Tracy Alexson] c; 2uc: D. Evan Long; addph: Chris Norr

1999

Cecil B. DeMented [John Waters] c; 2uc: David Insley

2000

Dude, Where's My Car? [Danny Leiner] c

2002

Temptation [Mark Tarlov] c; cph: Karl Levin

2003

Scary Movie 3 [David Zucker] c; addph & 2uc/2ud; ph: Mark Irwin

2003

Spelling Bee [Phil Dornfeld] c; short/13m; also seg of comp 'Guilty Hearts' (2005; 6 seg)

2006

After Midnight [Rob Walker] c/V; cph: Zander Gerhardt

2006

Kickin' It Old Skool [Harvey Glazer] s35/c

2007

Miss Bertram's Awakening [Sadhbh Walshe] c; short/25m

2007

House Broken [Sam Harper] c; cph: Vincent Creazzo


 TELEVISION

1985

Mr. Boogedy [Oz Scott] tvm

1985

Fuzzbucket [Mick Garris] pilot

1985

Amazing Stories [12 ep dir by various] 45-part series, 1985-87; 1st season, 1985-86; other ph: Allen Daviau, Vincent A. Martinelli, John McPherson & Charles Minsky; see Films (1992)

1986

Amazing Stories [6 ep dir by various] 2nd season, 1986-87; see 1985

1986

Max Headroom [: 20 Minutes Into the Future] [ep #1 'Blipverts' dir by Farhad Mann & #3 'Body Banks' dir by Francis Delia] 14-part (1 unaired) series, 1987-88; 1st season, 1987; other ph: Paul Goldsmith; this series was a follow-up of the UK prod 'Max Headroom: The Original Story' (1985)

1987

Earth Star Voyager [James Goldstone] tvm; originally shown in 2 parts on 'The Disney Sunday Movie'

1989

Fear [Rockne O'Bannon] tvm

1992

Beyond the Law/Fixing the Shadow [Larry Ferguson] tvm; some theatrical exposure outside USA

1992

Taking the Heat [Tom Mankiewicz] tvm

1992

Doogie Howser, M.D. [ep #93 'You've Come a Long Way, Babysitter' dir by Mark Horowitz, #94 'Love Makes the World Go 'Round... or Is It Money?' dir by Scott Goldstein & #97 'What Makes Doogie Run' dir by Dennis Dugan] 97-part series, 1989-93; 4th season, 1992-93

1994

Aliens for Breakfast [John T. Kretchmer] tvm/60m

1995

Fallen Angels [ep #7 'Love and Blood' dir by Kiefer Sutherland, #8 'The Professional Man' dir by Steven Soderbergh, #11 'Fly Paper' dir by Tim Hunter, #12 'Tomorrow I Die' dir by John Dahl & #14 'The Black Bargain' dir by Keith Gordon] 15-part series, 1993 & 1995; 2nd season, 1995; other ph: Robert Brinkmann (4 ep)

1995

Live Shot [various] 13-part series

1995

A Kidnapping in the Family [Colin Bucksey] tvm

1996

The People Next Door [Tim Hunter] tvm

1996

When Secrets Kill [Colin Bucksey] tvm

1997

Breast Men [Lawrence O'Neil] tvm

1998

Seven Days/7 Days [various] 66-part series, 1998-2001; 1st season, 1998-99; other ph: Richard L. Rawlings

1999

Seven Days/7 Days [ep #23 'Pinball Wizard' dir by Charles Correll & #24 'Parker.com' dir by Michael Vejar] 2nd season, 1999-2000; other ph: John C. Flinn III (17 ep), Robert Hudecek (1 ep) & Richard L. Rawlings (3 ep); see 1998

2000

H.U.D. [David Zucker] pilot for NBC-tv

2000

Lizzie McGuire [ep #1-6 (#3 was originally the pilot dir by Larry Shaw) & #8-10 dir by various] 65-part series, 2001-04; 1st season, 2001-02; other ph: William Barber (22 ep)

2002

CSI: Miami [ep #21 'Spring Break' dir by Deran Sarafian (DS) & #23 'Freaks & Tweaks' dir by DS] series, 2002-present; 1st season, 2002-03; other ph: Charles Correll (cph 1 ep), Dermott Downs (3 ep), Walt Lloyd (10 ep) & Michael D. O'Shea (9 ep)

2003

The Handler [various] 16-part (2 unaired) series, 2003-04; other ph: Ivan Strasburg


 FILMS & TELEVISION AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

197?

Family Affair [various; tv-series] 1st c.asst; ph: Stanley Cortez, Paul Ivano, a.o.

1971

The Mechanic [Michael Winner] 2nd c.asst; ph: Richard H. Kline & (Europe seq) Robert Paynter

1972

Save the Tiger [John G. Avildsen] uncred co-c.asst; ph: Jim (James) Crabe

1973

Busting [Peter Hyams] c.asst; ph: Earl Rath

1973

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery [Dean Hargrove] 1st c.asst; ph: Bill Butler

1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [Milos Forman] co-c.op; ph: Haskell Wexler, William Fraker & Bill Butler

1975

Peeper/Fat Chance [Peter Hyams] c.op; ph: Earl Rath

1975

Lipstick [Lamont Johnson] c.op; ph: Bill Butler

1976

Isis/The Secret of Isis [7 ep dir by various; tv-series/2nd season] c.op; ph: Robert F. Sparks

1976

Ark II [8 ep dir by various; tv-series] c.op; ph: Robert F. Sparks

1976

New York, New York [Martin Scorsese] c.op; ph: László Kovács

1977

Straight Time/No Beast So Fierce [Ulu Grosbard] c.op; ph: Owen Roizman

1977

F.I.S.T. [Norman Jewison] c.op; ph: László Kovács

1977

Paradise Alley [Sylvester Stallone] c.op; ph: László Kovács

1978

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days [Richard Lester] c.op; ph: László Kovács

1978

The Runner Stumbles [Stanley Kramer] c.op; ph: László Kovács

1978

Heart Beat [John Byrum] c.op; ph: László Kovács

1979

Love and Money [James Toback] c.op; ph: Fred Schuler

1980

Inside Moves [Richard Donner] co-c.op (+ co-2uc); ph: László Kovács

1980

The Legend of the Lone Ranger [William Fraker] co-c.op; ph: László Kovács

1981

Fantasy Island [ep #87 'Show Me a Hero/Slam Dunk' dir by Philip Leacock; tv-series/5th season] c.op; ph: Cliff Ralke

1981

Frances [Graeme Clifford] c.op; ph: László Kovács

1982

The Toy [Richard Donner] c.op; ph: László Kovács; + small part

1982

[National Lampoon's] Vacation [Harold Ramis] c.op; ph: Victor Kemper

1983

Racing with the Moon [Richard Benjamin] c.op; ph: John Bailey

1983

Cloak & Dagger [Richard Franklin] c.op; ph: Victor Kemper

1983

Crackers [Louis Malle] c.op; ph: László Kovács

1983

Ghostbusters [Ivan Reitman] c.op; ph: László Kovács

1984

Mask [Peter Bogdanovich] c.op; ph: László Kovács

2009

Renegade Live @ the House of Blues [Dan Harris; concert film] co-c.op; ph: Dan Harris