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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
Works Cited