Roger Deakins

“No County for Old Men” marked the ninth consecutive collaboration with the Coen brothers and their Academy Award®-nominated cinematographer, Roger Deakins. “No Country for Old Men” was preceded by “The Ladykillers,” “Intolerable Cruelty,” “The Man Who Wasn’t There,” “O Brother Where Art Thou?,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Fargo,” “The Hudsucker Proxy” and “Barton Fink.” Deakins’ work with the Coen brothers has earned him critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. “O Brother Where Art Thou?” earned him BAFTA, American Society of Cinematographers and Academy Award® nominations.

For his work on “Fargo,” he received American Society of Cinematographers and Academy Award® nominations, as well as Best Cinematographer citations from the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. “Barton Fink” earned him the Best Cinematography award from the National Society of Film Critics. “The Man Who Wasn’t There” earned an Academy Award® nomination, an ASC Award and a BAFTA.

His work on “The Shawshank Redemption” brought him the American Society of Cinematographers Award, as well as his first Academy Award® nomination. For his work on Martin Scorsese’s “Kundun” he received Best Cinematography citations from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics, as well as Academy Award® and American Society of Cinematographers Award nominations.

Deakins has also served as the cinematographer for “Doubt,” “Revolutionary Road,” “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” and “In the Valley of Elah.”

Deakins began working as a stills photographer before enrolling in Britain’s National Film School in 1972. His association with fellow student Michael Radford led to director of photography work on three features directed by Radford: “Another Time, Another Place,” “1984 “and “White Mischief.”

Deakins has also shot such feature documentaries as “When the World Changed and Eritrea: Behind the Lines;” and the music documentaries “Blue Suede Shoes” and “Van Morrison in Ireland.” Deakins has also shot music videos for Eric Clapton, Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock and Madness among others.

His other director of photography credits include Alex Cox’s “Sid and Nancy,” Bob Rafelson’s “Mountains of the Moons,” Michael Apted’s “Thunderheart,” John Sayles’ “Passion Fish,” Agnieszka Holland’s “The Secret Garden,” Tim Robbins’ “Dead Man Walking,” Edward Zwick’s “Courage Under Fire” and “The Siege,” Norman Jewison’s “The Hurricane” and “Dinner With Friends,” Ron Howard’s “A Beautiful Mind,” Vadim Perelman’s “House of Sand and Fog,” M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Village,” and Sam Mendes’ “Jarhead.”

His primary hobby is taking still photographs. Before he entered the National Film School, he spent a year in North Devon, England, documenting the way of life on the farms and in the villages. This cemented his passion for still photography that continues to this day. On the rare days that he is not in his boat while in Devon, he enjoys traveling to various places to augment his growing series of images.

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