Biography
Sir Roger Alexander Deakins ASC, BSC is an English cinematographer. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential cinematographers in cinema history, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography. He has collaborated multiple times with directors such as the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, Michael Radford, and Denis Villeneuve. Some of his best-known works include The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Fargo (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), No Country for Old Men (2007), True Grit (2010), Skyfall (2012), Sicario (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and 1917 (2019), the last two of which earned him Academy Awards.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2020
- BAFTA Award — Best Cinematography · 2020
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2018
- BAFTA Award — Best Cinematography · 2018
- BAFTA Award — Best Cinematography · 2011
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- BAFTA Award — Best Cinematography · 2008
- BAFTA Award — Best Cinematography · 2002
- Bronze Frog · 1995
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2023 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Cinematography · 2023 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2015 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2014 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2013 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2011 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2009 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2008 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2002 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2001 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1998 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1997 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 1995 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Welcome to Britain
The Shawshank Redemption
Prisoners
1917
No Country for Old Men
A Beautiful Mind
The Big Lebowski
Fargo
Blade Runner 2049
The Long Walk Home
The Reader
The Man Who Wasn't There
Barton Fink
Sicario
Unbroken
The Hurricane
The Secret Garden
Skyfall
True Grit
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Dead Man Walking
Doubt
House of Sand and Fog
Cursed Films
The Goldfinch
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Hudsucker Proxy
In Time
Revolutionary Road
Passion Fish
Rango
In the Valley of Elah
Cinematographer Style
Return to Waterloo
1984
A Serious Man
Jarhead
The Kitchen Toto
Sid and Nancy
Empire of Light
The Company Men
The Village
Courage Under Fire
Mountains of the Moon
Defense of the Realm
Pascali's Island
The Siege
Thunderheart
Homicide
The Ladykillers