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Roger Deakins

Known For
Camera

Known Credits
15

Gender
Male

Birthday
May 24, 1949 (77 years old)

Place of Birth
Torquay, Devon, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Camera

2022Empire of Light...Director of Photography
20191917...Director of Photography
20191917...Camera Operator
2019The Goldfinch...Director of Photography
2017Blade Runner 2049...Director of Photography
2016Hail, Caesar!...Director of Photography
2015Sicario...Director of Photography
2015Sicario..."A" Camera Operator
2014Unbroken...Director of Photography
2014Unbroken...Camera Operator
2013Prisoners...Director of Photography
2013Prisoners...Camera Operator
2012Skyfall...Director of Photography
2012Skyfall...Camera Operator
2011In Time...Director of Photography
2011Rango...Director of Photography
2010True Grit...Director of Photography
2010True Grit...Camera Operator
2010The Company Men...Director of Photography
2009A Serious Man...Director of Photography
2009A Serious Man...Camera Operator
2008Revolutionary Road...Director of Photography
2008Doubt...Director of Photography
2008The Reader...Director of Photography
2007No Country for Old Men...Director of Photography
2007No Country for Old Men...Camera Operator
2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford...Director of Photography
2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford..."A" Camera Operator
2007In the Valley of Elah...Director of Photography
2005Jarhead...Director of Photography
2004The Village...Director of Photography
2004The Ladykillers...Director of Photography
2003House of Sand and Fog...Director of Photography
2003Intolerable Cruelty...Director of Photography
2003Levity...Director of Photography
2001A Beautiful Mind...Director of Photography
2001The Man Who Wasn't There...Director of Photography
2001Dinner with Friends...Director of Photography
2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?...Director of Photography
1999Anywhere but Here...Director of Photography
1999The Hurricane...Director of Photography
1998The Siege...Director of Photography
1998The Big Lebowski...Director of Photography
1997Kundun...Director of Photography
1996Courage Under Fire...Director of Photography
1996Fargo...Director of Photography
1995Dead Man Walking...Director of Photography
1994The Shawshank Redemption...Director of Photography
1994The Hudsucker Proxy...Director of Photography
1993The Secret Garden...Director of Photography
1992Passion Fish...Director of Photography
1992Thunderheart...Director of Photography
1991Barton Fink...Director of Photography
1991Homicide...Director of Photography
1990The Long Walk Home...Director of Photography
1990Air America...Director of Photography
1990Mountains of the Moon...Director of Photography
1990Mountains of the Moon...Camera Operator
1988Pascali's Island...Director of Photography
1988Stormy Monday...Director of Photography
1988The Kitchen Toto...Director of Photography
1987White Mischief...Director of Photography
1987Personal Services...Director of Photography
1987Personal Services...Camera Operator
1986Sid and Nancy...Director of Photography
1986Defence of the Realm...Director of Photography
1985Shadey...Director of Photography
1985The Innocent...Director of Photography
1984Nineteen Eighty-Four...Director of Photography
1984Nineteen Eighty-Four...Camera Operator
1984Return to Waterloo...Director of Photography
1984The House...Director of Photography
1984The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin...Director of Photography
1983Another Time, Another Place...Director of Photography
1983Alan Bush: A Life...Director of Photography
1981Of Muppets & Men...Camera Operator
1981Towers of Babel...Camera Operator
1981Van Morrison in Ireland...Director of Photography
1981Wolcott...Director of Photography
1980Box On...Director of Photography
1980Blue Suede Shoes...Director of Photography
1979Steppin' Out...Director of Photography
1978Around the World with Ridgway...Camera Operator
1978Chimurenga - The War in Zimbabwe...Director of Photography
1978British Hustle...Camera Operator
1978British Hustle...Director of Photography
1977Before Hindsight...Director of Photography
1977Cruel Passion...Director of Photography
1976Welcome to Britain...Director of Photography
1976Empty Hand...Director of Photography

Crew

2020Esther's Choice...Thanks
1999Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire...Thanks
1979Champions...Cinematography

Acting

2020Cursed Filmsas Self
2020Allied Forces: Making 1917as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporteras Self
2010A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hallas Self
2009The Rules of Film Noiras Self
2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Birdas Self
2006Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Lightas Self
2006Cinematographer Styleas Self
2006"Jarhead" Diariesas Self
2006Who Needs Sleep?as Self
2002Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"as Self
2001Painting with Pixelsas Self
2000The Coen Brothersas Self
1998In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorseseas Self
1953The Oscarsas Self