Roger Deakins

Known For: Camera
Born: May 24, 1949
Place of Birth: Torquay, Devon, England, UK

Roger Deakins

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 …

Filmography

Empire of Light

2022 · Director of Photography

Esther's Choice

2020 · Thanks

Cursed Films

2020 · Self

Allied Forces: Making 1917

2020 · Self

1917

2019 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

The Goldfinch

2019 · Director of Photography

Blade Runner 2049

2017 · Director of Photography

Hail, Caesar!

2016 · Director of Photography

Sicario

2015 · "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015 · Self

Unbroken

2014 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Prisoners

2013 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Skyfall

2012 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

In Time

2011 · Director of Photography

Rango

2011 · Director of Photography

True Grit

2010 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

The Company Men

2010 · Director of Photography

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall

2010 · Self

A Serious Man

2009 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

The Rules of Film Noir

2009 · Self

Revolutionary Road

2008 · Director of Photography

Doubt

2008 · Director of Photography

The Reader

2008 · Director of Photography

No Country for Old Men

2007 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007 · Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator

In the Valley of Elah

2007 · Director of Photography

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

2006 · Self

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

2006 · Self

Cinematographer Style

2006 · Self

"Jarhead" Diaries

2006 · Self

Who Needs Sleep?

2006 · Self

Jarhead

2005 · Director of Photography

The Village

2004 · Director of Photography

The Ladykillers

2004 · Director of Photography

House of Sand and Fog

2003 · Director of Photography

Intolerable Cruelty

2003 · Director of Photography

Levity

2003 · Director of Photography

Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"

Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"

2002 · Self

A Beautiful Mind

2001 · Director of Photography

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001 · Director of Photography

Dinner with Friends

2001 · Director of Photography

Painting with Pixels

Painting with Pixels

2001 · Self

The Coen Brothers

2000 · Self

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000 · Director of Photography

Anywhere but Here

1999 · Director of Photography

The Hurricane

1999 · Director of Photography

Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire

1999 · Thanks

The Siege

1998 · Director of Photography

In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese

1998 · Self

The Big Lebowski

1998 · Director of Photography

Kundun

1997 · Director of Photography

Courage Under Fire

1996 · Director of Photography

Fargo

1996 · Director of Photography

Dead Man Walking

1995 · Director of Photography

The Shawshank Redemption

1994 · Director of Photography

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994 · Director of Photography

The Secret Garden

1993 · Director of Photography

Passion Fish

1992 · Director of Photography

Thunderheart

1992 · Director of Photography

Barton Fink

1991 · Director of Photography

Homicide

1991 · Director of Photography

The Long Walk Home

1990 · Director of Photography

Air America

1990 · Director of Photography

Mountains of the Moon

1990 · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Pascali's Island

1988 · Director of Photography

Stormy Monday

1988 · Director of Photography

The Kitchen Toto

1988 · Director of Photography

White Mischief

1987 · Director of Photography

Personal Services

1987 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Sid and Nancy

1986 · Director of Photography

Defence of the Realm

1986 · Director of Photography

Shadey

1985 · Director of Photography

The Innocent

1985 · Director of Photography

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Return to Waterloo

1984 · Director of Photography

The House

1984 · Director of Photography

The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin

The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin

1984 · Director of Photography

Another Time, Another Place

1983 · Director of Photography

Alan Bush: A Life

Alan Bush: A Life

1983 · Director of Photography

Of Muppets & Men

1981 · Camera Operator

Towers of Babel

Towers of Babel

1981 · Camera Operator

Van Morrison in Ireland

Van Morrison in Ireland

1981 · Director of Photography

Wolcott

1981 · Director of Photography

Box On

1980 · Director of Photography

Blue Suede Shoes

Blue Suede Shoes

1980 · Director of Photography

Steppin' Out

1979 · Director of Photography

Champions

1979 · Cinematography

Around the World with Ridgway

Around the World with Ridgway

1978 · Camera Operator

Chimurenga - The War in Zimbabwe

Chimurenga - The War in Zimbabwe

1978 · Director of Photography

British Hustle

1978 · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Before Hindsight

Before Hindsight

1977 · Director of Photography

Cruel Passion

1977 · Director of Photography

Welcome to Britain

1976 · Director of Photography

Empty Hand

1976 · Director of Photography

The Oscars

1953 · Self

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