Roger Deakins

Cinematographer

As cinematographer, Roger Deakins shot 36 rated films; 11 were hits (80/100+), a .306 batting average.

Batting average

.306

Hits

11 of 36 feature films rated 80/100 or higher

Percentile

top 12% of 425 cinematographers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)

Career

1984–2022

Films, rated out of 100

1. Empire of Light (2022) — 60/100
2. 1917 (2019) — 84/100 · hit
3. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) — 81/100 · hit
4. Hail, Caesar! (2016) — 68/100
5. Sicario (2015) — 80/100 · hit
6. Prisoners (2013) — 79/100
7. Skyfall (2012) — 80/100 · hit
8. Rango (2011) — 75/100
9. In Time (2011) — 59/100
10. True Grit (2010) — 80/100 · hit
11. A Serious Man (2009) — 76/100
12. Revolutionary Road (2008) — 70/100
13. No Country for Old Men (2007) — 90/100 · hit
14. Jarhead (2005) — 65/100
15. The Ladykillers (2004) — 59/100
16. The Village (2004) — 57/100
17. Intolerable Cruelty (2003) — 66/100
18. A Beautiful Mind (2001) — 82/100 · hit
19. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) — 76/100
20. Dinner with Friends (2001) — 72/100
21. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) — 74/100
22. The Hurricane (1999) — 76/100
23. The Big Lebowski (1998) — 81/100 · hit
24. The Siege (1998) — 58/100
25. Kundun (1997) — 71/100
26. Fargo (1996) — 96/100 · hit
27. Courage Under Fire (1996) — 72/100
28. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) — 94/100 · hit
29. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) — 66/100
30. The Secret Garden (1993) — 77/100
31. Thunderheart (1992) — 69/100
32. Barton Fink (1991) — 82/100 · hit
33. Homicide (1991) — 74/100
34. Air America (1990) — 44/100
35. White Mischief (1987) — 70/100
36. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) — 70/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

1. Fargo (1996) — 96/100 · hit
2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) — 94/100 · hit
3. No Country for Old Men (2007) — 90/100 · hit

Lowest rated

1. Air America (1990) — 44/100
2. The Village (2004) — 57/100
3. The Siege (1998) — 58/100

How these numbers work: Methodology