Celebrate Roger Deakins’ 64th birthday with this in depth half hour conversation about film

By Alex Maidy

Posted 13 years ago

FARGO, TRUE GRIT, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, SKYFALL. What do these movies have in common? The brilliance of cinematographer Roger Deakins. Today is Mr. Deakins’ 64th birthday, so to celebrate his brilliance and influence on our favorite movies, The Film Stage has shared an in depth conversations Deakins had back in 2012 regarding SKYFALL.

Now, it needs to be said that Roger Deakins has been robbed of winning a well-deserved Academy Award ten times. 10. After working with The Coens, Edward Zwick, Sam Mendes, M. Night Shyamalan, Andrew Stanton, Gore Verbinski, and many others, Deakins has still not been properly recognized for his visual prowess. Hopefully that turns around in the near future.

About the Author

Alex Maidy

TV Critic / Columnist

6,325 Articles Published Started writing in 2012

Favorite Movies: Being There, The Shining, The Royal Tenenbaums, Suspiria, Seven, North By read more Northwest, Citizen Kane, The Monster Squad, Begotten, Fight Club, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Army of Darkness, Children of Men, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski, Casino, Pi, Dumb and Dumber, The 400 Blows, Small Change, Bonnie & Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, Moulin Rouge, Gangs of New York, Shallow Grave, The Rock, The Incredibles, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Gate, Prince of Darkness, Oldboy, The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings, The Tree of Life, The Exorcist III, Midnight Special

Likes: To piss you off, unpopular opinions, the novels of Stephen King, read more obscure bands that even hipsters dont know, things that go boom, Reeses Pieces, Cate Blanchett, reading paper books, watching people falling down, a good jump scare, listening to a full album in one sitting, rooting for the underdog, red band trailers, rare steaks, cool beer labels, smooth whisky, properly proportioned image files, top ten lists, VHS tapes, and actually scary movies

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