Roger Deakins

Cinematographer. Born 24 May 1949 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK.

Titles on Fi1m

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Born

24 May 1949, Torquay, Devon, England, UK

Active

1991–2012

Frequent collaborators

Carter Burwell, Dennis Gassner, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Thomas Newman

Biography

Sir Roger Alexander Deakins is an English cinematographer. He was born on 24 May 1949 in Torquay, Devon, and studied at Bath Academy of Art and the National Film School.

Deakins has worked as director of photography on Barton Fink (1991), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Skyfall (2012). He has collaborated repeatedly with the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve. His credits also include Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and 1917 (2019).

Deakins has received two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography. He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. He was appointed CBE in 2013 and knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours.

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Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Roger Deakins is known for 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) and Sicario (2015).

Skyfall

2012 · Cinematography

Fargo

1996 · Cinematography

Dead Man Walking

1995 · Cinematography

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994 · Cinematography

The Shawshank Redemption

1994 · Cinematography

Barton Fink

1991 · Cinematography