Roger Deakins: No Country For Old Men

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Many people consider Roger Deakins, whose credits include No Country for Old Men, Sicario, The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Sid and Nancy, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, one of the greatest living cinematographers. But until tonight, he was better known to people not accustomed to sitting through the movie credits for being one of the Academy Awards’ most frequent losers. Deakins was nominated for Best Cinematography 13 times between 1995 and 2017, including twice in 2008 alone, yet he’d never actually won. Luckily, the 14th time was the charm: Deakins finally took home his first Oscar tonight, for Blade Runner 2049.

Deakins’ charming acceptance speech also demonstrated the self-effacing quality that
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