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From a two-time Academy Award winner widely regarded as the greatest cinematographer of all time--a one-of-a-kind visual memoir, telling his life's story by way of his iconic, beloved films. Cinematography is both an art and science--capturing motion requires a combination of skill, ingenuity, and artistic genius. Lighting, camera movement, and framing are just a few of the important components in the process of turning words on a page into unforgettable moving images. Over the course of a brilliant 50-year career, Sir Roger Deakins has proven to be the greatest artist & visionary that the craft of cinematography has ever known. In Reflections: On Cinematography, Deakins offers his fans and film enthusiasts a one-of-a-kind look into his life and improbable road to Hollywood immortality. Readers will discover how ""the boy from Torquay, England"" overcame a troubled childhood to enter his way into art school; his fortuitous entry into world of documentary filmmaking (including a yacht race around the world); to shooting groundbreaking music videos such as Herbie Hancock's ""Rock It,"" to his singular film career, including his longtime collaborations with the Coen Brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. Filled with never-before-seen storyboards, sketches, and diagrams, Rogers shows readers how he created some of the most iconic scenes in the most beloved films of all time. Through candid, lyrical prose, Deakins reflects on his life and each of his projects; how he helped shape them, and how they shaped him. A truly unique visual memoir, Reflections is for film fans and general readers alike, and for anyone looking to find inspiration, beauty, and creativity by looking through the singular lens with which Roger views the world.

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""This is an essential text--most likely the essential text--for anyone seriously applying themselves in this field. We often say 'The work speaks for itself' but it's important to understand the effort involved in trying to eliminate all traces of effort. Truly inspiring.""--Steven Soderbergh, filmmaker (aka Peter Andrews) ""Film school in book form from a great cinematographer.""--Kirkus

""The must-have coffee table book for cinephiles this year is undoubtedly Reflections, the lovingly designed and thoughtfully written combination of memoir and portfolio from the peerless cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins...this is high-level, nerdy, hyper-detailed shop talk, and god bless him for it.""--Crooked Marquee ""This is an essential text--most likely the essential text--for anyone seriously applying themselves in this field. We often say 'The work speaks for itself' but it's important to understand the effort involved in trying to eliminate all traces of effort. Truly inspiring.""--Steven Soderbergh, filmmaker (aka Peter Andrews) ""Film school in book form from a great cinematographer.""--Kirkus

""Film school in book form from a great cinematographer.""--Kirkus

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Sir Roger A. Deakins is widely regarded as the greatest cinematographer of all time. Roger has been nominated for 16 Academy Awards, winning twice for Blade Runner 2049 and 1917. He has also been nominated 11 times for the BAFTA award, winning on five occasions. Roger has been awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Society of Cinematographers, the British Society of Cinematographers, and the National Board of Review. He is also the sole cinematographer to have been honored with a CBE, in 2013, and a knighthood, in 2021. Roger splits his time between England and California, with his wife and longtime collaborator, James. You can follow them @team.deakins. ROGER DEAKINS FILM CREDITS Welcome to Britain--1975 The Marquis de Sade's Justine (aka Cruel Passion)--1977 Chimurenga, The War in Zimbabwe--1977 Around the World with Ridgway--1978 Eritrea: Behind the Lines--1980 Van Morrison in Ireland--1980 The Southeast Nuba--1980 Blue Suede Shoes--1980 Raj Gonds: Reflection in a Peacock Crown--1981 Wolcott--1981 Then When the World Changed--1983 Another Time, Another Place--1983 The House--1984 1984--1984 Return to Waterloo--1984 The Innocent--1985 Shadey--1985 Defense of the Realm--1985 Sid and Nancy--1986 Personal Services--1987 The Kitchen Toto--1987 White Mischief--1987 Stormy Monday--1988 Pascali's Island--1988 Mountains of the Moon--1990 Air America--1990 The Long Walk Home--1990 Barton Fink--1991 Homicide--1991 Thunderheart--1992 Passion Fish--1992 The Secret Garden--1993 The Hudsucker Proxy--1994 The Shawshank Redemption--1994 Dead Man Walking--1995 Fargo--1996 Courage Under Fire--1996 Kundun--1997 The Big Lebowski--1998 The Siege--1998 Anywhere but Here--1999 The Hurricane--1999 O Brother, Where Art Thou?--2000 The Man Who Wasn't There--2001 Dinner with Friends--2001 A Beautiful Mind--2001 Levity--2003 Intolerable Cruelty--2003 House of Sand and Fog--2003 The Ladykillers--2004 The Village--2004 Jarhead--2005 No Country for Old Men--2007 In the Valley of Elah--2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford--2007 Revolutionary Road--2008 The Reader--2008 Doubt--2008 WALL-E (animation consultant)--2008 A Serious Man--2009 The Company Men--2010 True Grit--2010 How to Train Your Dragon (animation consultant)--2010 Rango (animation consultant)--2011 In Time--2011 Skyfall--2012 Rise of the Guardians (animation consultant)--2012 Prisoners--2013 The Croods (animation consultant)--2013 Unbroken--2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (animation consultant)--2014 Sicario--2015 Hail, Caesar!--2016 Blade Runner 2049--2017 The Goldfinch--2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (animation consultant)--2019 1917--2019 Vivo (animation consultant)--2021 Empire of Light--2022

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