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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.

Born

Torquay, Devon, England, UK on 24th May 1949

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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Image
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
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The Oscars Image
The Oscars
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Cursed Films Image
Cursed Films
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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light Image
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
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Allied Forces: Making 1917 Image
Allied Forces: Making 1917
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Cinematographer Style Image
Cinematographer Style
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In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese Image
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
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Who Needs Sleep? Image
Who Needs Sleep?
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The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird Image
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
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A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall Image
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
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The Coen Brothers
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The Rules of Film Noir Image
The Rules of Film Noir
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Making " The Man Who Wasn't There"
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