BOB YEOMAN

#1: From interview [for DP/30, 2014]

#2: From interview [2013]

BOB YEOMAN ASC

Born: 10 March 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, as Robert David Yeoman.

Education: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina [graduated in 1973]; University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television [USC] [MFA Film Production].

Career: 'I was born in Pennsylvania, but when I was three years old my family moved to Wilmette, a suburb of Chicago. That's where I grew up. My parents bought me a camera when I was in high school. I took basic darkroom classes, and shot a lot of black-and-white photographs of people and architecture in different areas of the city. A career in film never entered my mind. I went to college at Duke University because it was a good school academically, and I wanted to live in another part of the country. Also, I was a basketball player. I played for a year as a walk-on, but I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I studied psychology. I joined a film club. We would meet on Saturday nights and watch foreign films. I was also interested in documentaries. I loved "Harlan County" and the stories they were doing on "60 Minutes". I began thinking about getting involved in documentaries and film school. I went to USC with the idea of exploring all the possibilities. I initially tried directing, but found myself drawn to cinematography. Part of it was that other students were asking me to shoot their films. When I was at USC we filmed a group of guys who were re-enacting Civil War battles. David Kellogg was the director and I was his cameraman. We did a few other small documentaries. […] I tried to get into the camera union, but that was impossible. My first job was as a personal assistant to Joe Pytka, a commercial director. After about three months, I was offered a job at a little company that made really low-budget commercials. I started in the editing room, and begged them to let me shoot. They were famous for taking young kids like myself, paying no money, but giving them an opportunity to shoot 35mm film. This led to shooting for another commercial director. It was during the early to mid-1980s. I reached a point where I was broke and getting discouraged. That's when I got a phone call out of the blue. Robby Müller was shooting "To Live and Die in L.A.", and they needed someone to film a test of a dummy falling off a bridge. After I shot the test, they hired me for some B unit work. When Robby left due to a previous commitment I was hired to finish shooting the film.' [From the KODAK OnFilm website.]

Ph commercials dir by David Wild, Noam Murro, Wes Anderson [for American Express], Stacy Wall [for Tylenol], Brian Aldrich [for Volkswagen], Tom Routson, Jim Jenkins [for Snickers], a.o.

Member of the ASC since 2001.

Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].

Awards: Independent Spirit Award [1990] for 'Drugstore Cowboy'; BAFTA Film Award nom [2014], ASC Film Award nom [2014] & 'Oscar' AA nom [2014] for 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'.

FILMS
1983	Hero/A Strange World of Misfits [Alexandre Rockwell] c; cph: A. Rockwell
1984	To Live and Die in L.A. [William Friedkin] c; 2uc (+ ph 1st unit to replace R. Müller who could not finish the prod); ph: Robby Müller
1985	Once Bitten [Howard Storm] c; addph; ph: Adam Greenberg
1986	Wanted: Dead or Alive [Gary Sherman] c; co-2uc; ph: Alex Nepomniaschy
1986	Rampage [William Friedkin] c
1987	Rented Lips [Robert Downey] c
1987	Johnny Be Good [Bud Smith] c
1987	Dead Heat [Mark Goldblatt] c; 2uc: Randall Sellars; Jewelry store ph: David Goldner
1987	Playboy: Bedtime Stories [Robert C. Hughes & Sam Weston (= Anthony Spinelli)] c/V; short/58m; 5 seg; other ph: Don Burgess, John Dirlam, Stan Lazan & Mark Zavad
1988	Tap [Nick Castle] c; addph; ph: David Gribble
1988	Cold Feet [Robert Dornhelm] c; co-addph; ph: Bryan Duggan
1988	Drugstore Cowboy [Gus Van Sant] c; 2uc: Eric Alan Edwards
1989	The Wizard [Todd Holland] c
1989	Kid/Back for Revenge [John Mark Robinson] c
1990	Too Much Sun [Robert Downey] c
1990	The Linguini Incident [Richard Shepard] c; addph: David Sperling
1991	Past Midnight [Jan Eliasberg] c
1991	The Paint Job/Painted Heart [Michael Taav] c
1993	White Lies [Ken Selden] c
1993	Somebody to Love [Alexandre Rockwell] c
1994	Coldblooded/The Reluctant Hitman [M. Wallace Wolodarsky] c
1994	Bottle Rocket [Wes Anderson] c
1995	The Substance of Fire [Daniel J. Sullivan] c
1996	Dog Watch [John Langley] c
1996	[John Grisham's] The Rainmaker [Francis Ford Coppola] p/c; 2uc; ph: John Toll
1997	Permanent Midnight [David Veloz] c
1997	Rushmore [Wes Anderson] p/c
1998	Dogma [Kevin Smith] s35/c; 2uc: Brian Sweeney
1999	Down to You [Kris Isacsson] c; California ph: Tim Suhrstedt; addph New York: Tim Suhrstedt & Jim Denault
1999	Beautiful [Sally Field] c
2000	Double Whammy [Tom DiCillo] c; eyeball seq ph: David Knox
2000	CQ [Roman Coppola] c; 2uc: Jacques Raybaut
2001	The Royal Tenenbaums [Wes Anderson] p/c
2002	Secondhand Lions [Tim McCanlies] s35-to-35mm/c; addph; ph: Jack N. Green
2003	Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' [Michael Arick] c/DVD; doc/30m; ph behind-the-scenes footage (1985); other ph: Maurey Dahlen, Chris Meagher & Rick Walker
2003	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou [Wes Anderson] p/c; addph: Stefano Falivene; Antibes ph: Margaux Bonhomme; uwph: Pete Romano; vfx ph: Eric Swenson; anim unit ph: Patrick Sweeney
2003	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events [Brad Silberling (replaced Barry Sonnenfeld)] s35-to-35mm/c; finished prod; ph: Emmanuel Lubezki
2004	The Squid and the Whale [Noah Baumbach] s16-35bu/c
2004	Red Eye [Wes Craven] p/c; addph: Peter Collister; addph Miami: Michael Negrin
2005	Martian Child [Menno Meyjes] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Jim Van Dijk; addph: Jonathan Sela; aph: A.J. Vesak; uwph: Ian Seabrook
2005	Hotel Chevalier [Wes Anderson] p/c; short/13m
2006	Manolete/The Passion Within/A Matador's Mistress [Menno Meyjes] s35 (+ digital)/c

[Right] with dir Wes Anderson - "The Darjeeling Limited"

2006	The Darjeeling Limited [Wes Anderson] p/c; uwph: Peter Zuccarini
2007	Yes Man [Peyton Reed] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Josh Bleibtreu
2007	Burn After Reading [Joel & Ethan Coen] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; uncred addph (ph pickup shots after E. Lubezki moved on to another project); ph: Emmanuel Lubezki
2008	Whip It [Drew Barrymore] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Jimmy Lindsey
2009	Get Him to the Greek [Nicholas Stoller] 35mm+HD-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c
2010	Bridesmaids [Paul Feig] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Magdalena Górka; aph: Steve Koster
2011	Moonrise Kingdom [Wes Anderson] s16-35bu (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Barry Braverman
2012	Max's Fantastic Adventures - The Well of Lost Souls [Jonathan D. Bucari] pre-production (in January, several members of the cast and production staff came together for a first rehearsal of the film)
2012	The Heat [Paul Feig] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; aph: Hans Bjerno
2013	The Grand Budapest Hotel [Wes Anderson] 35mm (1.37:1 [1930s] & 1.85:1 [1985])+tvi (2.35:1 [1960s])-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/b&w-c; ph London: Giles Nuttgens; hph: Leo Baumgartner; stop-motion ph: Tristan Oliver & Matthew Day
2013	Love & Mercy [Bill Pohlad] s35+s16-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; uwph: Robert Settlemire
2014	Spy/Susan Cooper [Paul Feig] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus/scope)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; 2uc: Tim Wooster
2014	Django Lives! [John Sayles (replaced Joe D'Augustine)] pre-production; announced in 2013
2015	Ghostbusters [Paul Feig] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/scope)/c; 2uc: Patrick Capone; aph 2u: Phil Pastuhov
2017	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again [Ol Parker] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/Master Scope)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c

TELEVISION
1986	C.A.T. Squad/Stalking Danger [William Friedkin] pilot; for NBC-tv
1991	Perfect Harmony [Will Mackenzie] tvm
1992	Double Deception [Jan Egleson] pilot; for NBC-tv
1997	The Pentagon Wars [Richard Benjamin] tvm

MISCELLANEOUS
1981	Chasing Dreams [Sean Roche] co-gaffer 2u; ph: Connie Holt; released in 1989
1982	Ferestadeh/The Mission [Parviz Sayyad] prod crew; ph: Reza Aria
1990	The Dark Backward/The Man with Three Arms [Adam Rifkin] c.op 'b' cam; ph: Joey Forsyte