Roger Deakins

Roger Deakins was born in Torquay in Devon, England. He attended art college at the National Film and Television School and began his career by working in the medium of still photography. Many of his first cinematographic projects were documentaries, often shot in Africa. He also covered the Whitbread Round the World Race, which required him to work for more than nine months as a yacht crew member while filming and directing the documentary. He then moved on to… (more)