Interview with Robert and Helen Ostenberg Elswit

Principia Trustee and alumna Helen Ostenberg Elswit left her law career to make movies. A humble beginning as Paul Newman's on-set chauffeur led her to a career as a visual effects producer. Her credits include Master and Commander and A Perfect Storm both of which were nominated for Academy Awards for visual effects. Her husband Robert Elswit is an Academy Award-winning cinematographer. A gradate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, he was nominated for an Oscar for his work in Good Night and Good Luck. In 2008 he won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for There Will Be Blood. The Elswits program was conducted interview-style with time for questions from the audience.