Roger Deakins

Roger Deakins

Known for
Camera
Born
May 24, 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Torquay, Devon, England, UK

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

Photos

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Filmography

2022
Empire of Light poster

Empire of Light

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
The Goldfinch poster

The Goldfinch

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
1917 poster

1917

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2017
Blade Runner 2049 poster

Blade Runner 2049

Movie · Director of Photography

2016
Hail, Caesar! poster

Hail, Caesar!

Movie · Director of Photography

2015
Sicario poster

Sicario

Movie · "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography

2014
Unbroken poster

Unbroken

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2013
Prisoners poster

Prisoners

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2012
Skyfall poster

Skyfall

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2011
In Time poster

In Time

Movie · Director of Photography

2011
Rango poster

Rango

Movie · Director of Photography

2010
True Grit poster

True Grit

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2010
The Company Men poster

The Company Men

Movie · Director of Photography

2009
A Serious Man poster

A Serious Man

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2008
Revolutionary Road poster

Revolutionary Road

Movie · Director of Photography

2008
The Reader poster

The Reader

Movie · Director of Photography

2008
Doubt poster

Doubt

Movie · Director of Photography

2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford poster

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Movie · Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator

2007
In the Valley of Elah poster

In the Valley of Elah

Movie · Director of Photography

2007
No Country for Old Men poster

No Country for Old Men

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2005
Jarhead poster

Jarhead

Movie · Director of Photography

2004
The Ladykillers poster

The Ladykillers

Movie · Director of Photography

2004
The Village poster

The Village

Movie · Director of Photography

2003
Levity poster

Levity

Movie · Director of Photography

2003
House of Sand and Fog poster

House of Sand and Fog

Movie · Director of Photography

2003
Intolerable Cruelty poster

Intolerable Cruelty

Movie · Director of Photography

2001
A Beautiful Mind poster

A Beautiful Mind

Movie · Director of Photography

2001
The Man Who Wasn't There poster

The Man Who Wasn't There

Movie · Director of Photography

2001
Dinner with Friends poster

Dinner with Friends

Movie · Director of Photography

2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou? poster

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Movie · Director of Photography

1999
The Hurricane poster

The Hurricane

Movie · Director of Photography

1999
Anywhere but Here poster

Anywhere but Here

Movie · Director of Photography

1998
The Big Lebowski poster

The Big Lebowski

Movie · Director of Photography

1998
The Siege poster

The Siege

Movie · Director of Photography

1997
Kundun poster

Kundun

Movie · Director of Photography

1996
Fargo poster

Fargo

Movie · Director of Photography

1996
Courage Under Fire poster

Courage Under Fire

Movie · Director of Photography

1995
Dead Man Walking poster

Dead Man Walking

Movie · Director of Photography

1994
The Shawshank Redemption poster

The Shawshank Redemption

Movie · Director of Photography

1994
The Hudsucker Proxy poster

The Hudsucker Proxy

Movie · Director of Photography

1993
The Secret Garden poster

The Secret Garden

Movie · Director of Photography

1992
Thunderheart poster

Thunderheart

Movie · Director of Photography

1992
Passion Fish poster

Passion Fish

Movie · Director of Photography

1991
Barton Fink poster

Barton Fink

Movie · Director of Photography

1991
Homicide poster

Homicide

Movie · Director of Photography

1990
Air America poster

Air America

Movie · Director of Photography

1990
Mountains of the Moon poster

Mountains of the Moon

Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

1990
The Long Walk Home poster

The Long Walk Home

Movie · Director of Photography

1988
Pascali's Island poster

Pascali's Island

Movie · Director of Photography

1988
Stormy Monday poster

Stormy Monday

Movie · Director of Photography

1988
The Kitchen Toto poster

The Kitchen Toto

Movie · Director of Photography

1987
White Mischief poster

White Mischief

Movie · Director of Photography

1987
Personal Services poster

Personal Services

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

1986
Sid and Nancy poster

Sid and Nancy

Movie · Director of Photography

1986
Defence of the Realm poster

Defence of the Realm

Movie · Director of Photography

1985
Shadey poster

Shadey

Movie · Director of Photography

1985
The Innocent poster

The Innocent

Movie · Director of Photography

1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four poster

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

1984
The House poster

The House

Movie · Director of Photography

1984
Return to Waterloo poster

Return to Waterloo

Movie · Director of Photography

1984
The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin

The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin

Movie · Director of Photography

1983
Another Time, Another Place poster

Another Time, Another Place

Movie · Director of Photography

1983
Alan Bush: A Life

Alan Bush: A Life

Movie · Director of Photography

1981
Towers of Babel

Towers of Babel

Movie · Camera Operator

1981
Of Muppets & Men poster

Of Muppets & Men

Movie · Camera Operator

1981
Van Morrison in Ireland

Van Morrison in Ireland

Movie · Director of Photography

1981
Wolcott poster

Wolcott

TV · Director of Photography · 4 eps

1980
Blue Suede Shoes

Blue Suede Shoes

Movie · Director of Photography

1980
Box On

Box On

Movie · Director of Photography

1979
Steppin' Out poster

Steppin' Out

Movie · Director of Photography

1978
Around the World with Ridgway

Around the World with Ridgway

Movie · Camera Operator

1978
Chimurenga - The War in Zimbabwe

Chimurenga - The War in Zimbabwe

Movie · Director of Photography

1978
British Hustle

British Hustle

Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

1977
Before Hindsight

Before Hindsight

Movie · Director of Photography

1977
Cruel Passion poster

Cruel Passion

Movie · Director of Photography

1976
Empty Hand poster

Empty Hand

Movie · Director of Photography

1976
Welcome to Britain poster

Welcome to Britain

Movie · Director of Photography