Roger Deakins

Roger Deakins (2011)

Roger A. Deakins CBE (born May 24, 1949 in Torquay , England ) is a British cameraman .

Life

Roger Deakins studied graphic design. He discovered his love for photography and studied at the National Film and Television School in London. He then spent years making documentaries and working for various television productions around the world.

Since 1988 he has been working as a cameraman, mainly in the USA, often working with the Coen brothers .

Roger Deakins has been nominated 15 times for an Oscar (as of January 2020). Along with Leon Shamroy , Charles Lang and Robert Surtees, he is one of the cameramen with the most nominations. In 2018 he won his first Oscar for Blade Runner in 2049 and his second in 2020 for 1917 .

In June 2013 he was awarded the CBE by Queen Elizabeth II .

Since 1991 he has been married to script supervisor James Ellis Deakins.

Filmography (selection)

• 1975: Mothers Own (short film, documentary)
• 1984: 1984 (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
• 1986: Sid and Nancy (Sid and Nancy)
• 1987: Personal Service
• 1988: Stormy Monday
• 1990: Air America
• 1990: The Long Road (The Long Walk Home)
• 1990: Land of the Black Sun (Mountains of the Moon)
• 1991: Barton Fink
• 1992: Half-Blood (Thunderheart)
• 1993: The Secret Garden (The Secret Garden)
• 1994: Hudsucker - The Great Leap (The Hudsucker Proxy)
• 1994: The Shawshank Redemption (The Shawshank Redemption)
• 1995: Dead Man Walking - His Last Walk (Dead Man Walking)
• 1996: Fargo
• 1997: Kundun
• 1998: The Big Lebowski
• 1998: State of Emergency (The Siege)
• 1999: Hurricane (The Hurricane)
• 1999: Anywhere but Here (Anywhere But Here)
• 2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi Odyssey (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
• 2000: Thirteen Days
• 2001: The Man Who Wasn't There
• 2001: A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn (A Beautiful Mind)
• 2003: Levity
• 2003: An (im) possible case of hardship (Intolerable Cruelty)
• 2003: House of Sand and Fog (House of Sand and Fog)
• 2004: Ladykillers
• 2004: The Village - The Village (The Village)
• 2005: Jarhead - Welcome to the Dirt (Jarhead)
• 2007: No Country for Old Men
• 2007: In the Valley of Elah
• 2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
• 2008: Question of Faith (Doubt)
• 2008: The Reader (The Reader)
• 2008: Times of Turmoil (Revolutionary Road)
• 2009: A Serious Man
• 2010: Company Men
• 2010: True Grit
• 2011: In Time - Your time is running out (In Time)
• 2012: James Bond 007: Skyfall (Skyfall)
• 2013: Prisoners
• 2014: Unbroken
• 2015: Sicario
• 2016: Hail, Caesar!
• 2017: Blade Runner 2049
• 2019: The Goldfinch (The Goldfinch)
• 2019: 1917

Awards (selection)

Oscar

• 1995 : Nomination for The Condemned
• 1997 : Nomination for Fargo
• 1998 : Nomination for Kundun
• 2001 : Nomination for O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi odyssey
• 2002 : Nomination for The Man Who Wasn't There
• 2008 : Nomination for The Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford
• 2008 : Nomination for No Country for Old Men
• 2009 : Nomination for The Reader
• 2011 : Nomination for True Grit
• 2013 : Nomination for James Bond 007: Skyfall
• 2014 : Nomination for Prisoners
• 2015 : Nomination for Unbroken
• 2016 : Nomination for Sicario
• 2018 : Award for Blade Runner 2049
• 2020 : Award for 1917

American Society of Cinematographers Award

• 1995: The convicts
• 2002: The Man Who Wasn't There
• 2011: Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers
• 2013: James Bond 007 - Skyfall
• 2018: Blade Runner 2049
• 2019: 1917

BAFTA Award

• 1997: Nomination for Fargo
• 2001: Nomination for O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi odyssey
• 2002: Award for The Man Who Wasn't There
• 2008 : Award for No Country for Old Men
• 2011 : Nomination for True Grit
• 2013 : Nomination for James Bond 007 - Skyfall
• 2016 : Nomination for Sicario
• 2018 : Award for Blade Runner 2049
• 2020 : Award for 1917

British Society of Cinematographers Award

• 1994: Nomination for Hudsucker - The Big Leap
• 2001: Award for O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi odyssey
• 2007: Award for The Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford
• 2008: Award for No Country for Old Men
• 2009: Nomination for The Reader
• 2010: Award for True Grit
• 2013: Nomination for James Bond 007 - Skyfall
• 2016: Nomination for Sicario

Critics' Choice Movie Award

• 2011: Nomination for True Grit
• 2013 : Nomination for James Bond 007 - Skyfall
• 2014 : Nomination for Prisoners
• 2015 : Nomination for Unbroken
• Jan. 2016 : Nomination for Sicario
• 2018 : Award for Blade Runner 2049
• 2020 : Award for 1917

Independent Spirit Award

• 1992: Nomination for Homicide
• 1997: Award for Fargo
• 2010: Award for A Serious Man

National Board of Review Award

• 2007: Award for his life's work
• 2019: Award for 1917

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award

• 1991: Award for Barton Fink and Homicide
• 2001: Award for The Man Who Wasn't There
• 2010: Nomination for True Grit
• 2012: Award for James Bond 007 - Skyfall
• 2017: Nomination for Blade Runner 2049
• 2017: Nomination for 1917

Online Film Critics Society Award

• 2000: Nomination for O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi odyssey
• 2001: Award for The Man Who Wasn't There
• 2007: Nomination for The Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford
• 2007: Award for No Country for Old Men
• 2010: Nomination for A Serious Man
• 2011: Award for True Grit
• 2013: Award for James Bond 007 - Skyfall
• 2015: Nomination for Sicario
• 2017: Award for Blade Runner 2049
• 2020: Award for 1917

Boston Online Film Critics Association Award

• 2012: Award for James Bond 007 - Skyfall
• 2017: Award for Blade Runner 2049

Chicago Film Critics Association Award

• 1991: Award for Barton Fink
• 1996: Nomination for Fargo
• 1997: Nomination for Kundun
• 2000: Nomination for O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi odyssey
• 2001: Nomination for The Man Who Wasn't There
• 2007: Award for The Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford
• 2007: Nomination for No Country for Old Men
• 2010: Nomination for True Grit
• 2012: Nomination for James Bond 007: Skyfall
• 2013: Nomination for Prisoners
• 2018: Award for Blade Runner 2049
• 2020: Award for 1917

Austin Film Critics Association Award

• 2015: Nomination for Sicario
• 2017: Award for Blade Runner 2049
• 2020: Award for 1917

Web links

• Roger Deakins in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official homepage of Roger Deakins
• Short biography in the New York Times

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/206698/Birthday_Honours_List_2013.pdf