Olivia Colman stars as Hilary, a middle-aged theater manager at the Empire, who finds herself brought back to life by the arrival of a new employee ( Micheal Ward). Empire of Light, from director and first-time solo writer Sam Mendes, is set at a shoreline cinema in the south of England, a setting that Deakins could personally relate to. His latest film is, in some ways, a lifetime in the making. And I don't know who she was, just somebody on the street, but you live for moments like that." "She described her favorite pictures, and that meant more to me than anything, really, because it was personal. This woman, she must have been in her 60s, can't imagine somebody that would recognize me, but she came up and said, 'Roger, I just came from your exhibition,'" Deakins shares. It was raining, and I had a hood up and everything. "I was wandering through Katowice with my camera the other day. ("I mean, there's only one person to blame!") He's also felt the response that much more acutely, as evidenced by a recent run-in following an exhibition in Poland. To now share them with the world, Deakins says is "very much more personal" than his work as a cinematographer. The earliest photos are from his youth in and around the seaside town of Devon in the 1960s, where he first developed his love of photography, with recent shots taken between his time on various movie sets. "It's such wonderful work - it's a celebration of movies - so, win or lose, it's not really any different," he shares now.ĭeakins is earning newfound recognition with the publication of Byways, a book compiling his black-and-white still photography. After 13 nominations for Best Cinematography - for such films as The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Skyfall (2012) - Deakins took home the Oscar in 2018 for his work on Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049, and then, he won again in 2020 for Mendes' 1917. The legendary cinematographer is known for his collaborations with the directors Joel and Ethan Coen, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. "One of the reasons I really love it is the people that I work with, both in front of the camera and behind the camera." "You know, I really love my job," Roger Deakins said upon winning his first Oscar.
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