Roger Deakins

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Roger Deakins (born May 24, 1949 in Torquay, Devon, England) is a cinematographer, educated at the National Film and Television School in England. He is most closely associated with the visionary auteurs the Coen brothers and has been their sole cinematographer since working on 1991's Barton Fink, though he has also worked with directors Michael Radford, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, and M. Night Shyamalan.

Among Deakins' films are The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Fargo (1996), Kundun (1997), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - all Oscar nominated for best cinematography.

Deakins discovered his passion for still photography while studying for a career in graphic design, at what is now the Bath School of Art & Design. Following his education at the National Film School, Deakins was commissioned to create a documentary on his hometown (Welcome to Britain (1976)). This began his career as a cinematographer, and he worked in the documentary field for seven years.

[edit] Selected Filmography

• Hail Caesar 2007
• No Country for Old Men 2006
• Jarhead 2005
• The Village 2004
• The Ladykillers 2004
• House of Sand and Fog 2003
• Intolerable Cruelty 2003
• The Man Who Wasn't There 2001
• A Beautiful Mind 2001
• Oh Brother, Where Art Thou 2000
• The Big Lebowski 1998
• Kundun 1997
• Fargo 1996
• Dead Man Walking 1995
• The Shawshank Redemption 1994
• The Hudsucker Proxy 1994
• Barton Fink 1991
• Air America 1990
• Stormy Monday 1988
• Personal Services 1987
• Sid and Nancy 1986
• Defence of the Realm 1985
• 1984 1984

[edit] External links

• Roger Deakins at the Internet Movie Database