Roger Deakins
Camera
Born: May 24, 1949 (age 77) · Torquay, Devon, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
Skyfall
2012
Blade Runner 2049
2017
1917
2019
No Country for Old Men
2007
Prisoners
2013
The Big Lebowski
1998
In Time
2011
A Beautiful Mind
2001
Sicario
2015
Fargo
1996
Rango
2011
Photos (2)
Movies (1)
Self / Appearances (13)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Cursed Films
Self · 1 eps
"Jarhead" Diaries
Self
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
The Coen Brothers
Self
Allied Forces: Making 1917
Self
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
Self
The Rules of Film Noir
Self
Cinematographer Style
Self
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
Self
Other Crew (82)
Blade Runner 2049
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The Shawshank Redemption
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No Country for Old Men
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No Country for Old Men
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Prisoners
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Prisoners
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Sicario
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Sicario
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In Time
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A Beautiful Mind
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The Big Lebowski
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1917
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1917
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Skyfall
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Skyfall
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Fargo
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Rango
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The Village
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Revolutionary Road
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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The Reader
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Hail, Caesar!
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True Grit
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True Grit
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The Goldfinch
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Empire of Light
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
"A" Camera Operator
The Hurricane
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Unbroken
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Unbroken
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Jarhead
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In the Valley of Elah
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The Ladykillers
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The Siege
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Dead Man Walking
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A Serious Man
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A Serious Man
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The Man Who Wasn't There
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Courage Under Fire
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The Secret Garden
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The Hudsucker Proxy
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House of Sand and Fog
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Intolerable Cruelty
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Barton Fink
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The Company Men
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Doubt
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Thunderheart
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Anywhere but Here
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Air America
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Sid and Nancy
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The Long Walk Home
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Wolcott
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White Mischief
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Mountains of the Moon
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Mountains of the Moon
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Passion Fish
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Kundun
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Defence of the Realm
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Pascali's Island
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Stormy Monday
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Dinner with Friends
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The Innocent
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Levity
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Homicide
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Personal Services
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Personal Services
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Another Time, Another Place
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Cruel Passion
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The Kitchen Toto
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Esther's Choice
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Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire
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Of Muppets & Men
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The House
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Champions
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Empty Hand
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Return to Waterloo
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Shadey
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Welcome to Britain
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Steppin' Out
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