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Robert D. Yeoman

Born March 10, 1951 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (age 75)

Robert David Yeoman, ASC (born March 10, 1951) is an American cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors Wes Anderson and Paul Feig. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and has won numerous other awards including an Independent Spirit Award.

Known For

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel · 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel

MovieComedyDrama

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun · 2021

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

MovieDramaComedy

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Office Romance

Office Romance · 2026

MovieRomanceComedy

Jackie, President and CEO of Air Cruz, runs a tight ship in her business, including a rigid anti-fraternization policy for all her employees. When a new sexy lawyer begins working for her, that policy becomes very tested.

Spy

MovieActionComedy

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events · 2004

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

MovieAdventureComedy

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids · 2011

MovieComedyRomance

Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.

Asteroid City

Asteroid City · 2023

MovieComedyDrama

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again · 2018

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

MovieComedyRomance

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.

Filmography

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The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel · 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel

MovieComedyDrama

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

Director of Photography

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun · 2021

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

MovieDramaComedy

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Director of Photography

Office Romance

Office Romance · 2026

MovieRomanceComedy

Jackie, President and CEO of Air Cruz, runs a tight ship in her business, including a rigid anti-fraternization policy for all her employees. When a new sexy lawyer begins working for her, that policy becomes very tested.

Director of Photography

Spy

MovieActionComedy

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

Director of Photography

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events · 2004

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

MovieAdventureComedy

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

Additional Director of Photography

Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids · 2011

MovieComedyRomance

Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.

Director of Photography

Asteroid City

Asteroid City · 2023

MovieComedyDrama

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Director of Photography

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again · 2018

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

MovieComedyRomance

Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.

Director of Photography

Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom · 2012

Moonrise Kingdom

MovieComedyDrama

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

Director of Photography

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums · 2001

The Royal Tenenbaums

MovieComedyDrama

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.

Director of Photography

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker · 1997

MovieDramaCrime

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.

Second Unit Director of Photography

The Heat

The Heat · 2013

MovieActionComedy

Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.

Director of Photography

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters · 2016

MovieActionFantasy

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

Director of Photography

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar · 2023

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

MovieFantasyComedy

A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

Director of Photography

The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale · 2005

The Squid and the Whale

MovieComedyDrama

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

Director of Photography

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou · 2004

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

MovieAdventureComedy

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

Director of Photography

Yes Man

Yes Man · 2008

MovieComedyRomance

Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere, signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything…and anything.

Director of Photography

Red Eye

Red Eye · 2005

MovieThrillerMystery

An overnight flight to Miami quickly becomes a battle for survival when Lisa realizes her seatmate plans to use her as part of a chilling assassination plot against the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. If she refuses to cooperate, her own father will be killed. As the miles tick by, she's in a race against time to find a way to warn the potential victims before it's too late.

Director of Photography

Secondhand Lions

Secondhand Lions · 2003

Secondhand Lions

MovieFamilyComedy

The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.

Additional Photography

Poison

MovieComedyThriller

When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.

Director of Photography

Down to You

Down to You · 2000

MovieComedyDrama

College coeds in New York City, Al, the son of a celebrity chef, and Imogen, a talented artist, become smitten the second they lay eyes on one another at a bar. However, the road to happiness is not a smooth one. Outside forces, including a predatory porn star who wants to lure Al into her bed, threaten to pull apart the young lovers before their romance has a chance to really flourish.

Director of Photography

Drugstore Cowboy

Drugstore Cowboy · 1989

Drugstore Cowboy

MovieDramaCrime

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.

Director of Photography

Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket · 1996

MovieComedyCrime

Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.

Director of Photography

The Rat Catcher

The Rat Catcher · 2023

The Rat Catcher

In an English village, a reporter and a mechanic listen to a ratcatcher explain his clever plan to outwit his prey.

Director of Photography