About

Known credits:
100
Birthday:
1949-05-24
Place of birth:
Torquay, Devon, England, UK
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Roger Deakins

Overview

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 Allied Forces: Making 1917 Actor Self 59
Average
2010 A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall Actor Self 59
Average
2009 The Rules of Film Noir Actor Self 59
Average
2006 The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird Actor Self 59
Average
2006 Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light Actor Self 59
Average
2006 Cinematographer Style Actor Self 59
Average
2006 Who Needs Sleep? Actor Self 59
Average
2002 Making " The Man Who Wasn't There" Actor Self N/A
N/A
2000 The Coen Brothers Actor Self 59
Average
1998 In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese Actor Self 59
Average

Camera
2022 Empire of Light Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
2019 1917 Camera Camera Operator 79
Good
2019 1917 Camera Director of Photography 79
Good
2019 The Goldfinch Camera Director of Photography 67
Fair
2017 Blade Runner 2049 Camera Director of Photography 75
Good
2016 Hail, Caesar! Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2015 Sicario Camera Director of Photography 73
Good
2015 Sicario Camera "A" Camera Operator 73
Good
2014 Unbroken Camera Director of Photography 72
Good
2014 Unbroken Camera Camera Operator 72
Good
2013 Prisoners Camera Director of Photography 80
Very good
2013 Prisoners Camera Camera Operator 80
Very good
2012 Skyfall Camera Camera Operator 71
Good
2012 Skyfall Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
2011 In Time Camera Director of Photography 69
Fair
2011 Rango Camera Director of Photography 67
Fair
2010 True Grit Camera Camera Operator 71
Good
2010 True Grit Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
2010 The Company Men Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
2009 A Serious Man Camera Camera Operator 65
Fair
2009 A Serious Man Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
2008 Revolutionary Road Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
2008 Doubt Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
2008 The Reader Camera Director of Photography 72
Good
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Camera "A" Camera Operator 68
Fair
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
2007 In the Valley of Elah Camera Director of Photography 64
Fair
2007 No Country for Old Men Camera Camera Operator 78
Good
2007 No Country for Old Men Camera Director of Photography 78
Good
2005 Jarhead Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
2004 The Village Camera Director of Photography 64
Fair
2004 The Ladykillers Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2003 House of Sand and Fog Camera Director of Photography 66
Fair
2003 Intolerable Cruelty Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2003 Levity Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2001 A Beautiful Mind Camera Director of Photography 77
Good
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
2001 Dinner with Friends Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
1999 Anywhere but Here Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1999 The Hurricane Camera Director of Photography 69
Fair
1998 The Siege Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1998 The Big Lebowski Camera Director of Photography 77
Good
1997 Kundun Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
1996 Courage Under Fire Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
1996 Fargo Camera Director of Photography 77
Good
1995 Dead Man Walking Camera Director of Photography 69
Fair
1994 The Shawshank Redemption Camera Director of Photography 86
Very good
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Camera Director of Photography 67
Fair
1993 The Secret Garden Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
1992 Passion Fish Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1992 Thunderheart Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1991 Barton Fink Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
1991 Homicide Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1990 The Long Walk Home Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
1990 Air America Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1990 Mountains of the Moon Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1990 Mountains of the Moon Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1988 Pascali's Island Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1988 Stormy Monday Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1988 The Kitchen Toto Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1987 White Mischief Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1987 Personal Services Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1987 Personal Services Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1986 Sid and Nancy Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
1986 Defence of the Realm Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1985 Shadey Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1985 The Innocent Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four Camera Camera Operator 65
Fair
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
1984 Return to Waterloo Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1984 The House Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1984 The Cinema of Stephen Dwoskin Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1983 Another Time, Another Place Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1983 Alan Bush: A Life Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1981 Of Muppets & Men Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1981 Towers of Babel Camera Camera Operator N/A
N/A
1981 Van Morrison in Ireland Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1981 Wolcott Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1981 Of Muppets & Men: The Making of the Muppet Show Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1980 Box On Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1980 Blue Suede Shoes Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1979 Steppin' Out Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1978 Around the World with Ridgway Camera Camera Operator N/A
N/A
1978 Chimurenga - The War in Zimbabwe Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1977 Before Hindsight Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1977 Cruel Passion Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1976 Welcome to Britain Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1976 Empty Hand Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A

Crew
2020 Esther's Choice Crew Thanks 59
Average