Known For
Camera
Born
May 24, 1949
Place of Birth
Torquay, Devon, England, UK
Credits
96 titles
Roger Deakins
Biography
Sir Roger Alexander Deakins ASC, BSC (born 24 May 1949) is an English cinematographer. He is the recipient of five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography and two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography from sixteen nominations. He has collaborated multiple times with directors such as the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. His best-known works include The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Fargo (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Skyfall (2012), Sicario (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and 1917 (2019), the last two of which earned him Academy Awards. He is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential cinematographers in mainstream cinema. An alumnus of the National Film and Television School, Deakins was named and serves as an Honorary Fellow of the school in recognition of his "outstanding contribution[s] to ... British film". He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers, and in 2011 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the latter organization. Deakins was bestowed a CBE by the Palace for his services to film in 2013 and was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in the 2021 New Year Honours. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Deakins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Empire of Light
Director of Photography
Esther's Choice
Thanks
Cursed Films
Self
Allied Forces: Making 1917
Self
1917
Director of Photography
The Goldfinch
Director of Photography
Blade Runner 2049: Behind the Scenes
Blade Runner 2049
Director of Photography
Hail, Caesar!
Director of Photography
Sicario
"A" Camera Operator
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Unbroken
Director of Photography
Prisoners
Director of Photography
Skyfall
Director of Photography
In Time
Director of Photography
Rango
Director of Photography
True Grit
Director of Photography
The Company Men
Director of Photography
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
Self
A Serious Man
Director of Photography
The Rules of Film Noir
Self
Revolutionary Road
Director of Photography
Doubt
Director of Photography
The Reader
Director of Photography
No Country for Old Men
Director of Photography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Director of Photography
In the Valley of Elah
Director of Photography
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
Cinematographer Style
Self
"Jarhead" Diaries
Self
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
Jarhead
Director of Photography
The Village
Director of Photography
The Ladykillers
Director of Photography
House of Sand and Fog
Director of Photography
Intolerable Cruelty
Director of Photography
Levity
Director of Photography
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Self
A Beautiful Mind
Director of Photography
The Man Who Wasn't There
Director of Photography
Dinner with Friends
Director of Photography
Painting with Pixels
Self
The Coen Brothers
Self
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Director of Photography
Anywhere but Here
Director of Photography
The Hurricane
Director of Photography
Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire
Thanks
The Siege
Director of Photography
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
Self