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b'Robby Baumgartner began his film career 28 years ago in New York City. His interest in lighting inspired him to choose the unconventional route to DP via Gaffing.\\n\\nThis career path allowed him to light films and learn from some of the most talented DP\\u2019s in the business: Rodrigo Prieto, Chris Menges, Robert Elswit, Dante Spinotti, Darius Khondji, Janusz Kaminski, and Emmanuel Lubezki. Some of the films include: \\u201c8 Mile\\u201d, \\u201c25th Hour\\u201d, \\u201c21 Grams\\u201d, \\u201cBabel\\u201d, \\u201cThree Burials of Melquiades Estrada\\u201d, and \\u201cThere Will be Blood\\u201d.\\n\\nIn between Gaffing gigs he took every opportunity to DP or camera-operate on feature films, 2nd-unit photography, commercials, and shorts.\\n\\nThen in 2008 \\u201cThere Will be Blood\\u201d shot by Robert Elswit, won the Oscar for Best Cinematography; the highest honor for any DP/Gaffing team. That event was the impetus for Robby to stop gaffing and DP exclusively.\\n\\nIn 2009 Robby joined the International Cinematographers Guild as a DP. Since then he has gone on to shoot 2nd unit on both \\u201cHunger Games\\u201d l and ll, \\u201cWater for Elephants\\u201d, and \\u201cArgo\\u201d amongst other films. For the last 5 years he has been concentrating on shooting main unit for films such as \\u201cThe Guest\\u201d, \\u201cBlair Witch (2016)\\u201d and now \\u201cBlindspotting\\u201d, which has been selected for competition in the US Dramatic category at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.'