Robert Maxwell (cinematographer)

Robert Maxwell (sometimes credited as Bob Maxwell) was an American cinematographer known for his work on B movies, pornography, and exploitation films of the 1960s and 1970s. His best-known credits include Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song and Don't Play Us Cheap.[1][2][3]

Robert Maxwell
Born	Robert Ervin Maxwell December 25, 1923 Los Angeles, California, USA
Died	December 22, 1978 Redondo Beach, California, USA
Occupation	Cinematographer

Selected filmography

• Candy Stripers (1978)
• Telefantasy (1978)
• The Only Way to Spy (1978)
• The Zebra Force (1976)
• Mafia Girls (1975)
• Paesano: A Voice in the Night (1975)
• The Centerfold Girls (1974)
• Tower of Love (1974)
• Don't Play Us Cheap (1973)
• The Severed Arm (1973)
• The Candy Snatchers (1973)
• House of Terror (1973)
• Did Baby Shoot Her Sugardaddy? (1972)
• Strangers (1972)
• The Blue Hour (1971)
• Point of Terror (1971)
• Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)[4]
• Wanderlove (1970)
• Up Your Teddy Bear (1970)
• Blood Mania (1970)
• The Bang Bang Gang (1970)
• The Zodiac Couples (1970)
• Love Me Like I Do (1970)
• Song of the Loon (1970)
• The Very Friendly Neighbors (1969)
• The Scavengers (1969)
• The Ramrodder (1969)
• College Girls (1968)
• The Astro-Zombies (1968)
• Girl in Gold Boots (1968)

References

1. Reid-Pharr, Robert (2007). Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual. NYU Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780814775844. bob maxwell cinematographer.
2. Greenspun, Roger (1971-04-24). "Screen: Ideas for Cliches". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
3. McCarty, John (2016-01-25). The Sleaze Merchants: Adventures in Exploitation Filmmaking from the ’50s to the ’90s. Crossroad Press.
4. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1972.