A classical Cinematographer in a contemporary industry

Roger DeakinsASC, BSC

Background Before he entered the National Film

School in England, he spent a year in

North Devon, England, documenting the

way of life on the farms and in the

villages.

He started in documentaries, shooting

many in Africa as well as covering the

Whitbread Round the World Yacht race

titled, Around the World With Ridgeway.

Roger then went on to feature film

cinematography, starting in England and

then later shooting in the United States.

Influences

Cinematographers

Haskell Wexler, ASC

Conrad Hall, ASC

Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC

Owen Roizman, ASC

Characteristics Extensive use of

colors

Soft lighting

Use of prime lenses

Operates the camera himself

Dual Nominations First Cinematographer in

history to receive dual ASC nominations for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and No Country for Old Men in 2008

He would do it again in 2009 with ASC nominations for Revolutionary Road and The Reader

He did not receive an ASC Award either year, even with four nominations

Visual Consultant Over the past several years,

Deakins has worked as a visual consultant on a number of animated films

His first was on Wall-e in 2008, followed by How to Train Your Dragon, Rango, And Rise of the Guardians

He worked on the newly released The Croods

Deakins is currently working on How to Train Your Dragon 2

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) After the film’s release,

Deakins was admitted to the British Society of Cinematographers

Nominated for numerous special effects awards, “but there were absolutely no special effects whatsoever”.

First bleach-bypass processed film whose technique saw widespread use afterwards by other filmmakers

Barton Fink First of eleven films that

Deakins would shoot with the Coen Brothers

Shot on 35mm film

Others films they worked on include Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and No Country for Old Men

The Shawshank Redemption First film to earn him an

Academy Award and ASC Award nomination

It would be his first ASC Award

He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers around the release of this film

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Deakins earned his fourth

Academy Award and ASC Award nominations with this film

First U.S. film to go through the Digital Intermediate to be entirely color corrected

Deakins used “the technology to drain every trace of green from the lush Mississippi landscape”.

The color correction took nearly two months to complete

Skyfall Latest feature film

Third film with director Sam Mendes

His first film shot digitally

Skyfall earned him a third ASC Award and tenth Academy Award nomination

After shooting Skyfall, Deakins mentioned that he would continue shooting digitally as opposed to on film

Recent Events Deakins is currently filming

a movie titled Prisoners

In his free time, he continues his hobby of taking still photographs, sailing, and traveling

He also regularly shares his thoughts and advice on his website

IMDb Page http://www.imdb.com/name/nm

0005683/

ASC Blog Article on Deakins http://www.theasc.com/asc_blo

g/goldman/2011/01/25/more-about-deakins%E2%80%99-doings/

Official website http://www.rogerdeakins.com/

Wikipedia page http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Deakins

AC Lifetime Achievement Article http://

www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/January2011/RogerDeakinsASCBSC/page1.php

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