Roger Deakins
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
![Empire of Light](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h84SnIQF91Gz2Fv1OpMJ3245t4i.jpg)
Empire of Light
![Esther's Choice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t7jJv2tE2w06zJ8JAzNVeJKZyBH.jpg)
Esther's Choice
![Cursed Films](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qrdhQ2jVx8Ewu33ahp7HbhT1hHn.jpg)
Cursed Films
![Allied Forces: Making 1917](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tZTLRszqgMw0xTqPhICq2M4O2JS.jpg)
Allied Forces: Making 1917
![1917](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iZf0KyrE25z1sage4SYFLCCrMi9.jpg)
1917
![The Goldfinch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5Jx9VyVPiK9GQ7ouKLkTUYnZSQ4.jpg)
The Goldfinch
![Blade Runner 2049](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gajva2L0rPYkEWjzgFlBXCAVBE5.jpg)
Blade Runner 2049
![Hail, Caesar!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/txvoksUbyxqvaOvDfEbwW5nEcmX.jpg)
Hail, Caesar!
![Sicario](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7P4Pd24PYhIGd8ow47n9ttSTDkY.jpg)
Sicario
![Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h7X59O3T4VWVAUzZ00LEpbwA3GP.jpg)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
![Unbroken](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vAlHUjHwLWMV5mg4epGR9WSIfiy.jpg)
Unbroken
![Prisoners](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uhviyknTT5cEQXbn6vWIqfM4vGm.jpg)
Prisoners
![Skyfall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d0IVecFQvsGdSbnMAHqiYsNYaJT.jpg)
Skyfall
![In Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3Mwj2sIONQckOZP3YwsUXF7U5I4.jpg)
In Time
![Rango](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vGujQOfGIaZx5UWxf9JdNEOxl7B.jpg)
Rango
![True Grit](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tCrB8pcjadZjsDk7rleGJaIv78k.jpg)
True Grit
![The Company Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tKX6E1nOf4vZN903YbkjQe7x1fv.jpg)
The Company Men
![A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/68PD98ETDrEo3Ub8ATIlO6jWKkB.jpg)
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
![A Serious Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5gGxDS8WmrebPlMHexVS8EVehiP.jpg)
A Serious Man
![The Rules of Film Noir](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a9gc1ltqJRezAtRmBpXIn7b9fCG.jpg)
The Rules of Film Noir
![Revolutionary Road](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4GZzNO86SBP9PaOTfBfmD7iGNO5.jpg)
Revolutionary Road
![The Reader](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r0WURbmnhgKeBpHcpDULBgRedQM.jpg)
The Reader
![Doubt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9lypT2ghNuUPYVJf66oe4fKvUqI.jpg)
Doubt
![The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xMKn6EQS7eR5ubhPJbw5pQSBZMw.jpg)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
![In the Valley of Elah](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aQx5vOURCo4SD71s7BBJIozGmt3.jpg)
In the Valley of Elah
![No Country for Old Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bj1v6YKF8yHqA489VFfnQvOJpnc.jpg)
No Country for Old Men
![The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tewd2IJ9Co8lu542Wrsmwn4zEud.jpg)
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
![Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/djInrUsSdM1ZDRS9WsE4MgKwEqT.jpg)
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
![Cinematographer Style](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8KpvSdHiWS6LGim84IhTHHUFPDh.jpg)
Cinematographer Style
![Who Needs Sleep?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/auGiMgC8cI3LUj8TIoxmIbAdxbY.jpg)
Who Needs Sleep?
![Jarhead](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/55WJCdayHwoXJwRv3prpqscHt2q.jpg)
Jarhead
![The Village](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v7UvYtKfIVaHLaHwVgfalyrK7Ho.jpg)
The Village
![The Ladykillers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l4g9R39NCp6VaYFrw6q8JwKNW9x.jpg)
The Ladykillers
![House of Sand and Fog](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ol3qMk1NYw1pma49FXSz9SUja4d.jpg)
House of Sand and Fog
![Intolerable Cruelty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7K8hDwOWsZv0MluyrB8nWlhJOgB.jpg)
Intolerable Cruelty
![Levity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pLmF3LChsgxkF6dCBN0aHJR91Gu.jpg)
Levity
![A Beautiful Mind](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zwzWCmH72OSC9NA0ipoqw5Zjya8.jpg)
A Beautiful Mind
![The Man Who Wasn't There](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gQHBLxJmakVO1h7VnTHwnVplXZs.jpg)
The Man Who Wasn't There
![Dinner with Friends](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pnCMUVTw6gb0OZbxWFhbmNjV9hg.jpg)
Dinner with Friends
![O Brother, Where Art Thou?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s9foMAcLg8GEzzQzer04qOGdD1k.jpg)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
![Anywhere but Here](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2DNtxmXkotuaJexU57geTLIPnQf.jpg)
Anywhere but Here
![The Hurricane](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eOzbt7KsqTC8gcjJMxcQnr89cxJ.jpg)
The Hurricane
![The Siege](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6aSo9FepBA6zNEHgA3bgqt3UaOk.jpg)
The Siege
![In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/n50Kl3IrKDtngJtNrOYOjGdrYFA.jpg)
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
![The Big Lebowski](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9mprbw31MGdd66LR0AQKoDMoFRv.jpg)
The Big Lebowski
![Kundun](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yvdFRDoQIQ5PBk4u8x8gJT8NJAw.jpg)
Kundun
![Courage Under Fire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vDJurMJkrx049AiXa3DJx5Zx7a4.jpg)
Courage Under Fire
![Fargo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rt7cpEr1uP6RTZykBFhBTcRaKvG.jpg)
Fargo
![Dead Man Walking](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wQmmJi5ypfHH2boXrQBmsep7qb2.jpg)
Dead Man Walking
![The Shawshank Redemption](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9cqNxx0GxF0bflZmeSMuL5tnGzr.jpg)
The Shawshank Redemption
![The Hudsucker Proxy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yWKm4yzRU4hokkbYCJ34vwVwb9R.jpg)
The Hudsucker Proxy
![The Secret Garden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zf6h5dJ7wVG7LqMO9dhHGHVejzj.jpg)
The Secret Garden
![Passion Fish](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g60GELLr2oGnlJX5Yidkl9ufFYv.jpg)
Passion Fish
![Thunderheart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rKHnBNTQxEpaprx2oDYHvO4lOJz.jpg)
Thunderheart
![Barton Fink](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oDkp5iClJ9WKJGtKHz8BydodHC3.jpg)
Barton Fink
![Homicide](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1CywcTyQ2Dbh7LA0Lcf13iaC1ig.jpg)
Homicide
![The Long Walk Home](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7T2oVjLHHIDY6FQH9e04oOgPWQa.jpg)
The Long Walk Home
![Air America](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3p4ldj2ZjaoTNBVfb1pSMoMnRn8.jpg)
Air America
![Mountains of the Moon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uWWrigxf4yU1WmaTkxg3qYNMezG.jpg)
Mountains of the Moon
![Pascali's Island](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fNBIQ68VmeAgmXzKN07w4AQqRnk.jpg)
Pascali's Island
![Stormy Monday](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qYrfUdkZmGoB1QtGbYnDR2ZL8XR.jpg)
Stormy Monday
![The Kitchen Toto](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/imFmo6KvwfC9Z3ERnqtan2Azzqe.jpg)
The Kitchen Toto
![White Mischief](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/288vUtj7b6Rdso58JJEdDBiI2me.jpg)
White Mischief
![Personal Services](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q7opjmMn5uVfvQjKObc7VbHnKyU.jpg)
Personal Services
![Sid and Nancy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wHzCbMCfipDJ38GW5IyBTWDflMz.jpg)
Sid and Nancy
![Defence of the Realm](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hoUzgwdOk4J3ooomwxB1qwhzSbo.jpg)
Defence of the Realm
![Shadey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fkUmL70CMB35P8PvtsUPqqUHcck.jpg)
Shadey
![The Innocent](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s6NGT6qmNykzTpb9CLnsyqYpRXY.jpg)
The Innocent
![Nineteen Eighty-Four](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hrdQlicxuyTg3zyVqq78EsA4Z6J.jpg)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
![Return to Waterloo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kJNNRxNNblbNFCVusmf9hEMUXn1.jpg)
Return to Waterloo
![The House](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8ks4ruCqP7Hp0FVLLZCDqpzdAFw.jpg)
The House
![Another Time, Another Place](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/anoPMnxdrL4B7EMZZA5tQCmod65.jpg)
Another Time, Another Place
![Alan Bush: A Life](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hOQd4nb434GJCD6XKqReBBGjy40.jpg)
Alan Bush: A Life
![Of Muppets & Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wGpG92C90FmaoMmlOBu9y9ydbsv.jpg)
Of Muppets & Men
![Wolcott](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gAOTYpRC7PEkb8kF3WXD01AvoPg.jpg)
Wolcott
![Cruel Passion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/owEm8u0D7cdBGo0QMciTdo4yRjN.jpg)
Cruel Passion
![Welcome to Britain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vIaKjLg7Q8pjmDACnsICWpLcZgZ.jpg)
Welcome to Britain
![The Oscars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars