Sir Roger Alexander Deakins is an English cinematographer widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential in cinema history.
An Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography went to Roger Deakins for THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, and the route there is the interesting part: colour negative exposed on set, then a black-and-white print struck for…
The Man Who Wasn't There 25th anniversary
The way Roger Deakins built BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017) still floors me. Massive sets, haze hanging in the air, practical lights, and color so deliberate every single location has its own fingerprint. It turns the original…
Blade Runner 2049 Deakins visual language
There’s a spectral quality to THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES (2007) that makes it feel less like a movie and more like a photo album left open in a ghost town. Roger Deakins leaned on vintage glass and razor-thin…
The Assassination of Jesse James cinematography
