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| Nominations | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer. Over his career he has received several accolades including two Academy Awards, five American Society of Cinematographer Awards, five BAFTA Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards and two Independent Spirit Awards. He also received awards from the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Deakins has received 16 nominations for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, winning twice for Denis Villeneuve's science fiction epic Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the Sam Mendes war film 1917 (2019). He was Oscar-nominated for his work on Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013) and Sicario (2015) as well as Mendes' Skyfall (2012) and Empire of Light (2022). He frequently collaborated with Coen Brothers earning nominations for Fargo (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), No Country for Old Men (2007), and True Grit (2010). He was also nominated for Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Martin Scorsese's Kundun (1997), Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Stephen Daldry's The Reader (2008), and Angelina Jolie's Unbroken (2014).
Deakins is the recipient of five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, for The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) in that same year, and for No Country for Old Men (2007), True Grit (2010), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), 1917 (2019), each in the year following their release. As well, two films that he shot, Fargo (1996), [1] [2] and A Serious Man (2009), [3] won Independent Spirit Awards for Best Cinematography.
Deakins was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to film. [4] He was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours, also for services to film. [5] He has been named as an Honorary Fellow of his alma mater, the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire for his contributions to British cinema in 2020. [6]
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Best Cinematography | The Shawshank Redemption | Nominated | [7] |
| 1996 | Fargo | Nominated | [8] | |
| 1997 | Kundun | Nominated | [9] | |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Nominated | [10] | |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Nominated | [11] | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Nominated | [12] | |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | The Reader | Nominated | [13] | |
| 2010 | True Grit | Nominated | [14] | |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Nominated | [15] | |
| 2013 | Prisoners | Nominated | [16] | |
| 2014 | Unbroken | Nominated | [17] | |
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | [18] | |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | [19] | |
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | [20] | |
| 2022 | Empire of Light | Nominated | [21] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Best Cinematography | Fargo | Nominated | [22] |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Nominated | [22] | |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | [22] | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Won | [22] | |
| 2008 | The Reader | Nominated | [22] | |
| 2010 | True Grit | Won | [22] | |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Nominated | [22] | |
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | [22] | |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | [22] | |
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | [22] | |
| 2022 | Empire of Light | Nominated | [22] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | The Shawshank Redemption | Won | |
| 1996 | Fargo | Nominated | ||
| 1997 | Kundun | Nominated | ||
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Nominated | ||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | ||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Nominated | ||
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Nominated | ||
| The Reader | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | True Grit | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Skyfall | Won | ||
| 2013 | Prisoners | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Unbroken | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Best Cinematography | Homicide | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Fargo | Won | ||
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Best Cinematography | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Skyfall | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | Prisoners | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Best Cinematography | Kundun | Won | |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | ||
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | True Grit | Won | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Best Cinematography | Barton Fink | Won | |
| 1996 | Fargo | Nominated | ||
| 1997 | Kundun | Nominated | ||
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Nominated | ||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Nominated | ||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Nominated | ||
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Won | |||
| 2010 | True Grit | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Skyfall | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | Prisoners | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best Cinematography | True Grit | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | Prisoners | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Unbroken | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | ||
| 2023 | Empire of Light | Nominated | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Best Cinematography | 1917 | Won | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Best Cinematography | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Won | ||
| 2012 | Skyfall | Won | ||
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Best Cinematography | No Country for Old Men | Nominated | |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Won | |||
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | True Grit | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Skyfall | Won | ||
| 2013 | Prisoners | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Unbroken | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Best Cinematography | Barton Fink | Won | |
| Homicide | Won | |||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | ||
| 2010 | True Grit | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Skyfall | Won | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Nominated | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Best Cinematography | Barton Fink | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Kundun | Won | ||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Nominated | ||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | True Grit | Won | ||
| 2012 | Skyfall | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Best Cinematographer | Barton Fink | Won | |
| 1997 | Kundun | Won | ||
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Nominated | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Best Cinematography | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Nominated | |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Yes | ||
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Won | ||
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nominated | |||
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | True Grit | Won | ||
| 2012 | Skyfall | Won | ||
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Best Cinematography | The Man Who Wasn't There | Won | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Won | ||
| 2013 | Prisoners | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Unbroken | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Sicario | Won | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Nominated | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Best Cinematography | No Country for Old Men | Nominated | |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Won | |||
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Skyfall | Won | ||
| 2014 | Unbroken | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Hail, Caesar! | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best Cinematography | True Grit | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Unbroken | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Sicario | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Won | ||
| 2019 | 1917 | Won | ||