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Known For

Camera

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-05-24 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Torquay, Devon, England, UK

Also Known As

Sir Roger Deakins
Roger A. Deakins

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

6.9%

7.5%

The Coen Brothers

Nov 1, 2000

5.5%

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall

Aug 3, 2010

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Acting

2020		Cursed Films as Self
2020		Allied Forces: Making 1917 as Self

2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self

2010

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall as Self

2009

The Rules of Film Noir as Self

2006		The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
2006		Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light as Self
2006		Cinematographer Style as Self
2006		Who Needs Sleep? as Self

2002

Making " The Man Who Wasn't There" as Self

2000

The Coen Brothers as Self

1998

In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese as Self

1953

The Oscars as Self

Camera

2022

Empire of Light as Director of Photography

2019		1917 as Director of Photography
2019		1917 as Camera Operator
2019		The Goldfinch as Director of Photography

2017

Blade Runner 2049 as Director of Photography

2016

Hail, Caesar! as Director of Photography

2015		Sicario as "A" Camera Operator
2015		Sicario as Director of Photography

2014		Unbroken as Director of Photography
2014		Unbroken as Camera Operator

2013		Prisoners as Director of Photography
2013		Prisoners as Camera Operator

2012		Skyfall as Director of Photography
2012		Skyfall as Camera Operator

2011		In Time as Director of Photography
2011		Rango as Director of Photography

2010		True Grit as Director of Photography
2010		True Grit as Camera Operator
2010		The Company Men as Director of Photography

2009		A Serious Man as Director of Photography
2009		A Serious Man as Camera Operator

2008		Revolutionary Road as Director of Photography
2008		Doubt as Director of Photography
2008		The Reader as Director of Photography

2007		The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Director of Photography
2007		The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as "A" Camera Operator
2007		In the Valley of Elah as Director of Photography
2007		No Country for Old Men as Director of Photography
2007		No Country for Old Men as Camera Operator

2005

Jarhead as Director of Photography

2004		The Village as Director of Photography
2004		The Ladykillers as Director of Photography

2003		House of Sand and Fog as Director of Photography
2003		Intolerable Cruelty as Director of Photography
2003		Levity as Director of Photography

2001		A Beautiful Mind as Director of Photography
2001		The Man Who Wasn't There as Director of Photography
2001		Dinner with Friends as Director of Photography

2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Director of Photography

1999		Anywhere but Here as Director of Photography
1999		The Hurricane as Director of Photography

1998		The Siege as Director of Photography
1998		The Big Lebowski as Director of Photography

1997

Kundun as Director of Photography

1996		Courage Under Fire as Director of Photography
1996		Fargo as Director of Photography

1995

Dead Man Walking as Director of Photography

1994		The Shawshank Redemption as Director of Photography
1994		The Hudsucker Proxy as Director of Photography

1993

The Secret Garden as Director of Photography

1992		Passion Fish as Director of Photography
1992		Thunderheart as Director of Photography

1991		Barton Fink as Director of Photography
1991		Homicide as Director of Photography

1990		The Long Walk Home as Director of Photography
1990		Air America as Director of Photography
1990		Mountains of the Moon as Camera Operator
1990		Mountains of the Moon as Director of Photography

1988		Pascali's Island as Director of Photography
1988		Stormy Monday as Director of Photography
1988		The Kitchen Toto as Director of Photography

1987		White Mischief as Director of Photography
1987		Personal Services as Director of Photography
1987		Personal Services as Camera Operator

1986		Sid and Nancy as Director of Photography
1986		Defence of the Realm as Director of Photography

1985		Shadey as Director of Photography
1985		The Innocent as Director of Photography

1984		Nineteen Eighty-Four as Director of Photography
1984		Nineteen Eighty-Four as Camera Operator
1984		Return to Waterloo as Director of Photography
1984		The House as Director of Photography
1984		The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin as Director of Photography

1983		Another Time, Another Place as Director of Photography
1983		Alan Bush: A Life as Director of Photography

1981		Of Muppets & Men as Camera Operator
1981		Towers of Babel as Camera Operator
1981		Van Morrison in Ireland as Director of Photography
1981		Wolcott as Director of Photography

1980		Box On as Director of Photography
1980		Blue Suede Shoes as Director of Photography

1979

Steppin' Out as Director of Photography

1978		Around the World with Ridgway as Camera Operator
1978		Chimurenga - The War in Zimbabwe as Director of Photography

1977		Before Hindsight as Director of Photography
1977		Cruel Passion as Director of Photography

1976		Welcome to Britain as Director of Photography
1976		Empty Hand as Director of Photography

Crew

2020

Esther's Choice as Thanks