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Roger Deakins Biography (1949-)

Born May 24, 1949, in Torquay, Devon, England; son of William Albert (a builder) and Josephine (an actress; maiden name, Messum) Deakins; married IsabellaJames Purefoy Ellis, December 11, 1991. Addresses: Agent: Paul Hook,International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Cinematographer, camera operator, photographer

Birth Details

May 24, 1949

Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Cinematographer
• Empty Hand (short film), 1976
• Welcome to Britain (documentary), 1976
• Before Hindsight (documentary), 1977
• Cruel Passion, 1977
• Steppin' Out, 1979
• Blue Suede Shoes (documentary), Kendon, 1980
• Towers of Babel, 1981
• Van Morrison in Ireland (concert film), 1981
• Alan Bush: A Life (documentary), 1983
• Another Time, Another Place, Cinegate, 1983
• Nineteen Eighty-Four, Atlantic, 1984
• Defence of the Realm, Rank/Hemdale, 1985
• The Innocent, 1985
• Return to Waterloo, New Line Cinema, 1985
• Shadey, Larkspur, 1985
• Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid and Nancy: Love Kills), Samuel Goldwyn, 1986
• The Kitchen Toto, Cannon, 1987
• Personal Services, Vestron, 1987
• La donna della luna (also known as The Moon Woman and Woman in the Moon), 1988
• Pascali's Island (also known as L'isola di Pascali), Avenue, 1988
• Stormy Monday, Atlantic, 1988
• White Mischief, Columbia, 1988
• Air America, TriStar, 1990
• The Long Walk Home, Miramax, 1990
• Mountains of the Moon, TriStar, 1990
• Barton Fink, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
• Homicide, Triumph, 1991
• Passion Fish, Miramax, 1992
• Thunderheart, TriStar, 1992
• The Secret Garden, Warner Bros., 1993
• The Hudsucker Proxy (also known as Hudsucker--Der grosse Sprung), Warner Bros., 1994
• The Shawshank Redemption, Columbia, 1994
• (As Roger A. Deakins) Dead Man Walking, Gramercy, 1995
• Rob Roy, United Artists, 1995
• Courage under Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Fargo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996
• Kundun, Buena Vista, 1997
• The Big Lebowski, Gramercy, 1998
• The Siege, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Anywhere but Here, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• The Hurricane, Universal, 1999
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (also known as O Brother), BuenaVista, 2000
• Thirteen Days, New Line Cinema, 2000
• A Beautiful Mind, Universal, 2001
• The Man Who Wasn't There, USA Films, 2001
• Intolerable Cruelty, Universal, 2002
• Levity, Columbia, 2002
• Also cinematographer for the documentaries Eritrea--Behind the Lines and Zimbabwe.
• Camera Operator
• Another Time, Another Place, Cinegate, 1983
• Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid and Nancy: Love Kills), Samuel Goldwyn, 1986
• Pascali's Island (also known as L'isola di Pascali), Avenue, 1988
• Stormy Monday, Atlantic, 1988
• White Mischief, Columbia, 1988
• Air America, TriStar, 1990
• Mountains of the Moon, TriStar, 1990
• Other
• (Location photographer) The Animals Film (documentary), The CinemaGuild, 1981
• (Second unit photographer) Memoirs of a Survivor, EMI Productions,1981
• Film Appearances
• Himself, A la recherche de Kundun avec Martin Scorsese (documentary; also known as In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese), 1998, IN Pictures, 1999
• Television Work
• Cinematographer; Movies
• The House, 1984
• Dinner with Friends, HBO, 2001
• Cinematographer; Specials
• Worked on Around the World with Ridgeway, Raj Gonds-India, S.E. Nuba-Sudan, and When the World Changed.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• In Camera Magazine, winter, 1995