Roger Deakins

Roger Deakins

  • Birthday: 1949-05-24
  • Place of birth: Torquay, Devon, England, UK
  • Also know as: Sir 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.

Filmography

Production

Jarhead

2005

As Director of Photography

The Big Lebowski

1998

As Director of Photography

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

As Director of Photography

Fargo

1996

As Director of Photography

Barton Fink

1991

As Director of Photography

The Shawshank Redemption

1994

As Director of Photography

A Beautiful Mind

2001

As Director of Photography

Dead Man Walking

1995

As Director of Photography

Pascali's Island

1988

As Director of Photography

The Hurricane

1999

As Director of Photography

Revolutionary Road

2008

As Director of Photography

The Man Who Wasn't There

2001

As Director of Photography

House of Sand and Fog

2003

As Director of Photography

Levity

2003

As Director of Photography

The Ladykillers

2004

As Director of Photography

Anywhere but Here

1999

As Director of Photography

The Secret Garden

1993

As Director of Photography

The Village

2004

As Director of Photography

No Country for Old Men

2007

As Director of Photography

In the Valley of Elah

2007

As Director of Photography

Intolerable Cruelty

2003

As Director of Photography

The Reader

2008

As Director of Photography

Air America

1990

As Director of Photography

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994

As Director of Photography

Dinner with Friends

2001

As Director of Photography

Thunderheart

1992

As Director of Photography

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984

As Director of Photography

A Serious Man

2009

As Director of Photography

The Siege

1998

As Director of Photography

Doubt

2008

As Director of Photography

White Mischief

1987

As Director of Photography

True Grit

2010

As Director of Photography

Another Time, Another Place

1983

As Director of Photography

Prisoners

2013

As Director of Photography

Sid and Nancy

1986

As Director of Photography

Unbroken

2014

As Director of Photography

Homicide

1991

As Director of Photography

Mountains of the Moon

1990

As Director of Photography

Defence of the Realm

1986

As Director of Photography

Sicario

2015

As Director of Photography

Blade Runner 2049

2017

As Director of Photography

The Long Walk Home

1990

As Director of Photography

The Kitchen Toto

1988

As Director of Photography

Shadey

1985

As Director of Photography

Personal Services

1987

As Director of Photography

Kundun

1997

As Director of Photography

Hail, Caesar!

2016

As Director of Photography

The Company Men

2010

As Director of Photography

Skyfall

2012

As Director of Photography

In Time

2011

As Director of Photography

Prisoners

2013

As Camera Operator

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984

As Camera Operator

Return to Waterloo

1984

As Director of Photography

Stormy Monday

1988

As Director of Photography

The Innocent

1985

As Director of Photography

Cruel Passion

1977

As Director of Photography

Courage Under Fire

1996

As Director of Photography

Passion Fish

1992

As Director of Photography

Unbroken

2014

As Camera Operator

True Grit

2010

As Camera Operator

The Goldfinch

2019

As Director of Photography

Van Morrison in Ireland

1981

As Director of Photography

Blue Suede Shoes

1980

As Director of Photography

The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin

1984

As Director of Photography

Skyfall

2012

As Camera Operator

1917

2019

As Director of Photography

No Country for Old Men

2007

As Camera Operator

Personal Services

1987

As Camera Operator

Around the World with Ridgway

1978

As Camera Operator

Rango

2011

As Director of Photography

1917

2019

As Camera Operator

Box On

1980

As Director of Photography

Steppin' Out

1979

As Director of Photography

Empire of Light

2022

As Director of Photography

The House

1984

As Director of Photography

Before Hindsight

1977

As Director of Photography

Empty Hand

1976

As Director of Photography

Towers of Babel

1981

As Camera Operator

Sicario

2015

As "A" Camera Operator

Of Muppets & Men

1981

As Camera Operator

Mountains of the Moon

1990

As Camera Operator

A Serious Man

2009

As Camera Operator

Esther's Choice

2020

As Thanks

Alan Bush: A Life

1983

As Cinematography

Chimurenga - The War in Zimbabwe

1978

As Cinematography

Welcome to Britain

1976

As Cinematography

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