Robert Yeoman

Filmmaker

American·b. 1951

Known for:

Wes Anderson's cinematographer on every live-action film from Bottle Rocket through Asteroid City

Education:

Duke University (BA, Psychology); USC School of Cinematic Arts (MFA)

Robert D. Yeoman, ASC is an American cinematographer born in Erie, Pennsylvania and raised in the northern suburbs of Chicago. He broke into features as a second-unit DP on William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy (1989). He is best known for his three-decade collaboration with Wes Anderson, having shot every one of Anderson's live-action films from Bottle Rocket (1996) through Asteroid City (2023). His work on The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) earned him Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for Best Cinematography.

Robert Yeoman's Gear List(7)

Cooke S4/i Lenses

Cooke

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Used Cooke S4/i primes for spherical portions of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

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Cooke's workhorse cinema primes at T2 across 18 matched focal lengths from 12mm to 180mm. Feature an eight-leaf iris, /i Technology metadata, and the warm contrast falloff known as the "Cooke Look." Color-matched with the 5/i, miniS4/i, and Anamorphic/i series.

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Primary camera on Grand Budapest Hotel, French Dispatch, and Asteroid City. Yeoman has used "the same ArriCam ST and LT cameras...twenty-five years"

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ARRI's flagship 35mm sync-sound studio camera, introduced in 2000 as a replacement for the Arriflex 535 line. It was ARRI's first 35mm silent camera to use displacement magazines instead of coaxial ones. Features dual-pin registration, dual pull-down claws, and an electronically adjustable mirror shutter (0-180 degrees in 0.1-degree increments) with crystal motors accurate to 1/1000 fps.

Arricam LT

ARRI

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Second body alongside ST on The French Dispatch and Asteroid City

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The lightweight, handheld-optimized companion to the Arricam ST, introduced in 2000 as part of ARRI's replacement for the Arriflex 535 line. Shares the ST's dual-pin registration and dual pull-down claws but accepts only rear-mounted magazines, bringing body weight down to under 6 lbs with a 400-foot magazine. Supports 1-48 fps in 4-perf and 3-perf Super 35, with a noise level below 24 dB(A) for sync-sound shooting.

Cooke S4 Lenses

Cooke

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Primary spherical lenses from Grand Budapest Hotel onward. Yeoman: "Wes and I both love them. I like how these lenses render faces"

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Cinema prime lenses with the warm, slightly soft "Cooke Look" that flatters skin tones and organic textures.

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ARRI/Zeiss Master Anamorphic Lenses

ARRI/Zeiss

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Used for 2.40:1 color sequences on Asteroid City. "Hold focus beautifully all the way across the frame" for Anderson's multi-actor compositions

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High-end anamorphic cinema primes with controlled flare and bokeh characteristics.

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Kodak Vision3 200T 5213

Kodak

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Primary color negative stock on Grand Budapest Hotel, French Dispatch, and Asteroid City. Anderson's standard color stock

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Medium-speed tungsten color negative from Kodak's current Vision3 generation, introduced in 2010 and rated at EI 200. Combines the fine grain of a 100-speed stock with the exposure flexibility of a 200-speed emulsion. Features Kodak's Advanced Dye Layering Technology.

Kodak

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Black-and-white negative stock for B&W sequences on French Dispatch and Asteroid City

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Eastman Double-X 5222 is a black-and-white negative motion picture film rated at EI 250 in daylight and EI 200 under tungsten light. Originally developed from Kodak's Super-XX formula and released in its current form in 1959, it has remained largely unchanged for over six decades. It was the stock used to shoot Raging Bull, Schindler's List, and Manhattan.

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