---
name: "Robert Gaffney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-gaffney"
fi1m_id: "robert-gaffney"
imdb_id: "nm0300759"
tmdb_id: 30988
wikidata_id: "Q61062370"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1931"
died: "24 November 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:34:23.527264+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Gaffney

## Identity

Robert Gaffney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-gaffney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-gaffney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0300759
- **TMDB ID:** 30988
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61062370
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61062370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30988

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1931 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 24 November 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1931, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 24 November 2009
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61062370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30988

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Lolita*](https://film.one/film/lolita.md) (73)

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## Biography

Robert Gaffney was an American cinematographer, producer and director. Born on 8 October 1931 in the Bronx, New York, he began working in the film industry with Louis de Rochemont before founding Seneca Productions, where he focused on documentaries, several shot in 70mm.

He served as second-unit director of photography on Stanley Kubrick’s *Lolita* (1962) and later filmed the Monument Valley sequence for *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968). Gaffney directed the cult film *Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster* (1965) and produced *Light Fantastic* (1964) and *The Troublemaker* (1964). He died on 24 November 2009.

*Sources: imdb.com, in70mm.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lolita* (1962), Fi1m 73, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/lolita.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Super Fly T.N.T.* (1973), Cinematography
- *Bridge to Space* (1968), Director
- *Sky Over Holland* (1967), Cinematography
- *Atomic Power Today: Service with Safety* (1966), Cinematography
- *Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster* (1965), Director
- *Harvey Middleman, Fireman* (1965), Associate Producer
- *Fortress of Peace* (1964), Cinematography
- *The Troublemaker* (1964), Producer
- *Light Fantastic* (1964), Producer
- *Lolita* (1962), Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/lolita.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1962: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Rooftops of New York*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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