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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-05-24 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Torquay, Devon, England, UK

Roger Deakins

Biography:

Roger Alexander Deakins, CBE, ASC, BSC (born May 24, 1949) is an English cinematographer. Often cited as one of the greatest and most influential cinematographers of all time, he is known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. He is the recipient of five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, and two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography from sixteen nominations. 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.

Known For

Acting

2020

Cursed Films as Self

2015

2010

2009

2006

2002

2000

1998

1953

The Oscars as Self

Camera

2022

Empire of Light as Director of Photography

2019

The Goldfinch as Director of Photography
1917 as Director of Photography
1917 as Camera Operator

2017

Blade Runner 2049 as Director of Photography

2016

Hail, Caesar! as Director of Photography

2015

Sicario as "A" Camera Operator
Sicario as Director of Photography

2014

Unbroken as Director of Photography
Unbroken as Camera Operator

2013

Prisoners as Director of Photography
Prisoners as Camera Operator

2012

Skyfall as Director of Photography
Skyfall as Camera Operator

2011

In Time as Director of Photography
Rango as Director of Photography

2010

True Grit as Director of Photography
The Company Men as Director of Photography
True Grit as Camera Operator

2009

A Serious Man as Director of Photography
A Serious Man as Camera Operator

2008

Revolutionary Road as Director of Photography
The Reader as Director of Photography
Doubt as Director of Photography

2007

No Country for Old Men as Director of Photography
In the Valley of Elah as Director of Photography
No Country for Old Men as Camera Operator

2005

Jarhead as Director of Photography

2004

The Ladykillers as Director of Photography
The Village as Director of Photography

2003

Levity as Director of Photography
House of Sand and Fog as Director of Photography
Intolerable Cruelty as Director of Photography

2001

A Beautiful Mind as Director of Photography
The Man Who Wasn't There as Director of Photography
Dinner with Friends as Director of Photography

2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Director of Photography

1999

The Hurricane as Director of Photography
Anywhere but Here as Director of Photography

1998

The Big Lebowski as Director of Photography
The Siege as Director of Photography

1997

Kundun as Director of Photography

1996

Fargo as Director of Photography
Courage Under Fire as Director of Photography

1995

Dead Man Walking as Director of Photography

1994

The Shawshank Redemption as Director of Photography
The Hudsucker Proxy as Director of Photography

1993

The Secret Garden as Director of Photography

1992

Thunderheart as Director of Photography
Passion Fish as Director of Photography

1991

Barton Fink as Director of Photography
Homicide as Director of Photography

1990

Air America as Director of Photography
Mountains of the Moon as Camera Operator
Mountains of the Moon as Director of Photography
The Long Walk Home as Director of Photography

1988

Pascali's Island as Director of Photography
Stormy Monday as Director of Photography
The Kitchen Toto as Director of Photography

1987

White Mischief as Director of Photography
Personal Services as Director of Photography
Personal Services as Camera Operator

1986

Sid and Nancy as Director of Photography
Defence of the Realm as Director of Photography

1985

Shadey as Director of Photography
The Innocent as Director of Photography

1984

Nineteen Eighty-Four as Director of Photography
The House as Director of Photography
Nineteen Eighty-Four as Camera Operator
Return to Waterloo as Director of Photography
The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin as Director of Photography

1983

Another Time, Another Place as Director of Photography
Alan Bush: A Life as Director of Photography

1981

Towers of Babel as Camera Operator
Of Muppets & Men as Camera Operator
Van Morrison in Ireland as Director of Photography
Wolcott as Director of Photography

1980

Blue Suede Shoes as Director of Photography
Box On as Director of Photography

1979

Steppin' Out as Director of Photography

1978

Chimurenga - The War in Zimbabwe as Director of Photography

1977

Before Hindsight as Director of Photography
Cruel Passion as Director of Photography

1976

Empty Hand as Director of Photography
Welcome to Britain as Director of Photography

Crew

2020

Esther's Choice as Thanks