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), and A Serious Man (2009), Note, the article now bears a date of 7 March 2014, perhaps indicative of a corrective edit to the earlier story. 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. He was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours, also for services to film. 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.

Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1994 Best Cinematography The Shawshank Redemption 1996 Fargo 1997 Kundun 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 No Country for Old Men The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2008 The Reader 2010 True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2013 Prisoners 2014 Unbroken 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917 2022 Empire of Light

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1996 Best Cinematography Fargo 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 No Country for Old Men 2008 The Reader 2010 True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917 2022 Empire of Light

Miscellaneous awards American Society of Cinematographers Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1994 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography The Shawshank Redemption 1996 Fargo 1997 Kundun 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 No Country for Old Men The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2008 Revolutionary Road The Reader 2010 True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2013 Prisoners 2014 Unbroken 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917 2022 Empire of Light

Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1991 Best Cinematography Homicide 1996 Fargo 2009 A Serious Man

Satellite Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2001 Best Cinematography The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2009 A Serious Man 2012 Skyfall 2013 Prisoners 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917

Critics awards Boston Society of Film Critics Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1997 Best Cinematography Kundun 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2009 A Serious Man 2010 True Grit 2017 Blade Runner 2049

Chicago Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1991 Best CinematographyBarton Fink 1996 Fargo 1997 Kundun 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 No Country for Old Men The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2010 True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2013 Prisoners 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917

Critics' Choice Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2010 Best Cinematography True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2013 Prisoners 2014 Unbroken 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917 2023 Empire of Light

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2019 Best Cinematography 1917

Florida Film Critics Circle Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2001 Best Cinematography The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 No Country for Old Men 2012 Skyfall 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917

Houston Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007Best Cinematography No Country for Old Men The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2008 Revolutionary Road 2010 True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2013 Prisoners 2014 Unbroken 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1991 Best CinematographyBarton Fink Homicide 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2010 True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917

National Society of Film Critics Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1991 Best CinematographyBarton Fink 1997 Kundun 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 No Country for Old Men 2010 True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2017 Blade Runner 2049

New York Film Critics Circle Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1991 Best Cinematographer Barton Fink 1997 Kundun 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2009 A Serious Man

Online Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2000Best Cinematography O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 No Country for Old Men The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2009 A Serious Man 2010 True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917

San Diego Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2001 Best Cinematography The Man Who Wasn't There 2007 No Country for Old Men 2013 Prisoners 2014 Unbroken 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917

St. Louis Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007 Best Cinematography No Country for Old Men The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2008 Revolutionary Road 2012 Skyfall 2014 Unbroken 2016 Hail, Caesar! 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2010 Best Cinematography True Grit 2012 Skyfall 2014 Unbroken 2015 Sicario 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2019 1917

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