Roger Deakins at Createsphere March 3, 2011
// March 8th, 2011 // Comments Off // Industry Event
by Marla Lewin
Los Angeles, CA – Roger Deakins has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, and though he did not win an Oscar this year, he recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from his own peers, the ASC, the American Society of Cinematographers. The reel of his films that they prepared as a tribute to him demonstrates what a great artist he is. I remember meeting him after he had shot Kundun, and when I told him I could watch it every night before bed, he lit up.
He traces his initial spark to the medium beginning with an old 16 mm projector that allowed him to watch cartoons with his Dad.
Roger began his career making Docs at the National Film school, as they provided funding and equipment. Starting this way gave him the experience of life, travel, and at 25 he shot a documentary about a round the world yacht race, when he was part of the crew. He was limited to the 40 rolls of film he had brought with him and he had to make that last to shoot all 4 legs of the race.
He also shot in the Ethiopia-Eritrea war zone and made a documentary of that experience.
The first film he shot with the Coen Bros., who he often works with was Barton Fink. On that first film he used their storyboards but later not that much. You are blessed to find a director or directors that you are comfortable to work with, if they will take you along with them, and you will have a career. (more…)
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