Roger Deakins
"An iconic presence in film creation, defining characters with depth and intensity."
Age
77 years
Origin
UK
Active
1953 — Present
Sir Roger Alexander Deakins ASC, BSC (born 24 May 1949) is an English cinematographer. He is the recipient of five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography and two Academy Awards for Best Cinematography from sixteen nominations. He has collaborated multiple times with directors such as the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. His best-known works include The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Fargo (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), A Beautiful...
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Witness the defining moments that shaped a legacy.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.
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Prisoners
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1917
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No Country for Old Men
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The Big Lebowski
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A Beautiful Mind
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Fargo
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The Long Walk Home
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Blade Runner 2049
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The Man Who Wasn't There
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Media Proof
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Empire of Light
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2022
Esther's Choice
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2020
Cursed Films
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2020
Allied Forces: Making 1917
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2020
1917
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2019
The Goldfinch
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2019
Blade Runner 2049
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2017
Hail, Caesar!
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2016
Sicario
"A" Camera Operator
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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2015
Unbroken
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2014
Prisoners
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2013
Skyfall
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2012
In Time
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2011
Rango
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2011
True Grit
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2010
The Company Men
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2010
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
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2010
A Serious Man
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2009
The Rules of Film Noir
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2009
Revolutionary Road
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2008
Doubt
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2008
The Reader
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2008
No Country for Old Men
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2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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2007
In the Valley of Elah
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2007
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
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2006
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
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2006
Cinematographer Style
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2006
"Jarhead" Diaries
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2006
Who Needs Sleep?
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2006
Jarhead
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2005
The Village
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2004
The Ladykillers
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2004
House of Sand and Fog
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2003
Intolerable Cruelty
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2003
Levity
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2003
A Beautiful Mind
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2001
The Man Who Wasn't There
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2001
Dinner with Friends
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2001
The Coen Brothers
Self
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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2000
Anywhere but Here
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1999
The Hurricane
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1999
Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire
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1999
The Siege
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1998
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
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1998
The Big Lebowski
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1998
Kundun
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1997
Courage Under Fire
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1996
Fargo
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1996
Dead Man Walking
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1995
The Shawshank Redemption
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1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
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1994
The Secret Garden
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1993
Passion Fish
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1992
Thunderheart
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1992
Barton Fink
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1991
Homicide
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1991
The Long Walk Home
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1990