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Roger Deakins
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 Mind (2001), Skyfall (2012), Sicario (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and 1917 (2019), the last two of which earned him Academy Awards. He is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential cinematographers in mainstream cinema. An alumnus of the National Film and Television School, Deakins was named and serves as an Honorary Fellow of the school in recognition of his "outstanding contribution[s] to ... British film". He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers, and in 2011 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the latter organization. Deakins was bestowed a CBE by the Palace for his services to film in 2013 and was knighted as a Knight Bachelor in the 2021 New Year Honours. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Deakins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Career
Stats
- Credits
- 13
- across 6 productions
- Active
- 1994–2019
- 3 decades
- Most-used aspect
- 2.39:1
- 4 of 6 productions
Recognition
Awards (7 won, 11 total)
- WONBAFTA·Best Cinematography·2020→1917
- WONAcademy Award·Best Cinematography·2020→1917
- WONCritics Choice·Best Cinematography·2018→Blade Runner 2049
- WONBAFTA·Best Cinematography·2018→Blade Runner 2049
- WONAcademy Award·Best Cinematography·2018→Blade Runner 2049
- WONASC Award·Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases·
Highlights
Known for
Career
Filmography
| Production | Year | Role | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1917 | 2019 | Camera Operator | 2.39:1·ARRIRAW ALEXA Mini LF |
![]() | 1917 | 2019 | Director of Photography | 2.39:1·ARRIRAW ALEXA Mini LF |
![]() | Blade Runner 2049 | 2017 | Director of Photography | 2.39:1 |
Loadout
Equipment used
Cameras, lenses, and lighting attributed to scenes on productions this person crewed in a camera-department role. Counts aggregate across all such productions.
| Series | Items | Productions | Scenes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panavision Primo Panavision · lens set | — | 1 | 2 |
| ARRI ALEXA Mini LF ARRI · camera body | 1 | 1 | |
| ARRI ALEXA family ARRI · camera body | 1 | 2 | |
| Zeiss Master Anamorphic |
Network
Frequent collaborators
People who have worked on the most productions alongside Roger Deakins.















