Roger Deakins

Sir Roger Deakins CBE
Deakins in 2021
Born	Roger Alexander Deakins (1949-05-24) 24 May 1949 (age 74) Torquay, Devon, England
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1974–present
Organization(s)	British Society of Cinematographers American Society of Cinematographers
Spouse	Isabella James Purefoy Ellis ​ ​ (m. 1991)​
Awards	Academy Award for Best Cinematography 2018 Blade Runner 2049 2020 1917 BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2008 No Country for Old Men 2011 True Grit 2018 Blade Runner 2049 2020 1917 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography 1997 Fargo 2010 A Serious Man
Website	rogerdeakins.com

Sir Roger Alexander Deakins CBE (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.

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.^[1][2]