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Robert Bridge Richardson, A.S.C. (born August 27, 1955) is an American cinematographer. He has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography three times, for his work on ''JFK'', ''The Aviator'', and ''Hugo''. Richardson is and has been a frequent collaborator for several directors, including Oliver Stone, John Sayles, Errol Morris, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin Scorsese. He is one of two living persons who won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography three times, the other being Vittorio Storaro. ==Life and career== Richardson was born in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Film/Animation/Video and received his MFA from AFI Conservatory. Richardson worked as a camera operator and 2nd unit photographer on such features as Alex Cox's ''Repo Man'', Dorian Walker's ''Making the Grade'' and Wes Craven's ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (all in 1984). He also served as cinematographer on TV documentaries and docudramas such as ''America, America'' for The Disney Channel, ''God's Peace'' for the BBC and PBS' ''The Front Line: El Salvador''. His work in El Salvador led to his meeting Oliver Stone, who hired him to "shoot" ''Salvador'' (1986). Oliver Stone's major motion picture debut was also Richardson's first film as director of photography. ''Salvador'' was also filmed the same year as Stone's ''Platoon''. ''Platoon'' would earn Richardson his first Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography. In 1987, Richardson reteamed with Stone on ''Wall Street''. In 1988, he filmed ''Eight Men Out'' for John Sayles. In 1989, he earned his second Best Cinematography Oscar nomination for Stone's ''Born on the Fourth of July''. In 1991, Richardson won the first of his Best Cinematography Academy Awards for his work on Stone's ''JFK''; he also shot Stone's ''The Doors'' that same year. He worked with Sayles again in 1991 for ''City of Hope''. In 1992, he worked as director of photography on Rob Reiner's ''A Few Good Men'' and served as a 2nd unit photographer for Haskell Wexler on ''To the Moon, Alice'', a "Showtime 30-Minute Movie" (for which he was also credited as visual consultant). He began a long working relationship with Martin Scorsese in 1995, beginning with ''Casino''. In 1995, he was cinematographer on Stone's ''Nixon''. In 1997, Richardson photographed Errol Morris's documentary ''Fast, Cheap and Out of Control'' as well as filming the majority of Stone's ''U Turn'' and serving as director of photography for Barry Levinson's ''Wag the Dog''. He has four children named Kanchan, Maya, BB and Madeleine. His matriarchal family currently runs the Cape Cod Sea Camps situated on the Cape Cod Bay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Richardson (cinematographer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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