Roger Deakins Quotes


I like simplicity. I like using natural sources. I like images to look natural - as though somebody sitting in a room by a lamp is being lit by that lamp.


Citations

Pizzello, Stephen. "A Master of Mood." American Cinematographer, vol. 91, no. 1, American Society of Cinematographers, Jan. 2010.

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Roger Deakins
Roger Deakins
  • Born: May 24, 1949
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Cinematographer

Sir Roger Alexander Deakins CBE is an English cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors like the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve. Deakins has been admitted to both the British Society of Cinematographers and to the American Society of Cinematographers. He is the recipient of five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, and has had fifteen nominations and two wins for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. His best-known works include The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, A Beautiful Mind, Skyfall, Sicario, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917, the last two of which earned him the Academy Awards.