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name: "Robert Maxwell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-maxwell"
fi1m_id: "robert-maxwell"
imdb_id: "nm0561803"
tmdb_id: 45815
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "25 December 1923"
died: "22 December 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:29:36.463164+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 Maxwell

## Identity

Robert Maxwell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-maxwell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-maxwell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0561803
- **TMDB ID:** 45815
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45815

Cinematographer. Born 25 December 1923 in Redondo Beach, California, USA. Died 22 December 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 25 December 1923, Redondo Beach, California, USA
- **Died:** 22 December 1978
- **Also known as:** Bob Maxwell, R. Maxwell, Robert E. Maxwell, John Williams
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45815

## Biography

Robert Maxwell (sometimes credited as Bob Maxwell or John Williams) was an American cinematographer who worked primarily on B movies, exploitation films and pornography during the 1960s and 1970s.

His credits include director of photography on *The Astro-Zombies* (1968), *Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song* (1971), *The Candy Snatchers* (1973) and *Don't Play Us Cheap* (1973). He was also camera operator on the latter two films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song* (1971), Fi1m 72, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-sweetbacks-baadasssss-song.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Candy Stripers* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Zebra Force* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Mafia Girls* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Violated!* (1975), Director of Photography
- *The Centerfold Girls* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Tower of Love* (1974), Director of Photography
- *The Severed Arm* (1973), Director of Photography
- *The Candy Snatchers* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Don't Play Us Cheap* (1973), Director of Photography
- *House of Terror* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Point of Terror* (1971), Cinematography
- *Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song* (1971), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-sweetbacks-baadasssss-song.md)
- *The Blue Hour* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Blood Mania* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Song of the Loon* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Scavengers* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Ramrodder* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Very Friendly Neighbors* (1969), Director of Photography
- *College Girls* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Astro-Zombies* (1968), Director of Photography

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