Roger Deakins's biography

Roger Alexander Deakins is 73 years old cinematographer born at Torquay. He was born on Tuesday 24th of May 1949. He is often nicknamed as Roger A. Deakins, Matt Campbell. According to year of birth 1949 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 24th of May means he is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.

He is white british. Roger is citizen of United Kingdom. Roger´s primary profession is to be cinematographer. You can know Roger also as camera operator. He is recently known as photographer.

Roger Deakins's schools

We found 2 schools Roger attended. Complete list of schools: Bath School of Art and Design, Torquay Boys' Grammar School.

Detailed informations about Roger´s schools

Graduated from the United Kingdom's National Film and Television School.
When he attended Roger Mayne's -who was an English photographer- classes in the college, Mayne was a big influence on the way he started to see things.
Graduated from college with the idea of making documentaries.

Roger Deakins's career

Roger´s main focus is to be cinematographer. He is famous thanks to No Country for Old Men (2007), True Grit (2010), Skyfall (2012), Sicario (2015), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). He is also a member of British Society of Cinematographers.

Is Roger Deakins gay ?

He is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Roger Deakins's Awards

He received award for Academy Award for Best Cinematography for work Blade Runner 2049 in 2016
Roger received award for Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Roger was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Roger was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Roger was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Roger was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Roger was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography

What else you don't know about Roger Deakins ?

Roger´s middle name is Alexander.

What Roger Deakins has done for a first time

According to himself, from their very first encounter, him and the Coen brothers seemed to be on the same wavelength.
First met his wife-to-be James Ellis Deakins on the set of Thunderheart (1992) where he was director of photography and she was a script supervisor.

Roger Deakins's quotes

All I've ever wanted to do is take stills of people, or take documentaries about people, and try to express to an audience how somebody lives next door. You know what I mean? Just how similar we all are as individuals.
The prep period is especially important. Joel and Ethan Coen and I really enjoy it. By the time we're on the set, we're discussing not what we're doing that day but rather something we're doing later that may be a problem.
I like character films. I like photographing a human face. I find that more interesting than anything else, and that's what I will continue to do.
[on Frederick Wiseman] The master of observation. If there was only one documentary filmmaker for me it would be Wiseman. Hospital (1970) is one of the most penetrating studies of what it means to be human that I have seen.[2015]
[Deakins' advice to young cinematographers] Make documentaries first, then shoot features.

Roger Deakins's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Roger Deakins looks. We will focus on his height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 5' 10" (178 cm). Body build is average. Roger´s eyes are tinted brown - dark. Roger´s hair is shade of grey.

Roger Deakins