of Deakins's involvement. When Ryan Gosling accepted his role in Blade Runner 2049, he cited the involvement of Deakins as a factor for his decision. Awards and recognition He has been nominated for sixteen Academy Awards, winning the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice—on his fourteenth and fifteenth nominations—for Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and 1917 (2019). He has been named as an Honorary Fellow of his alma mater, the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, an honour which recognises "outstanding contribution to the British film and television industry" On 28 February 2020. Deakins is the recipient of five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, for The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) in that same year, and for No Country for Old Men (2007), True Grit, Blade Runner 2049 (2017), 1917 (2019), each in the year following their release. As well, two films that he shot, Fargo (1996), and A Serious Man (2009), won Independent Spirit Awards for Best Cinematography in the year after their release. He received the Royal Photographic Society's Lumière Award for major achievement in cinematography, video or animation in 2009. The National Board of Review, a group of New York-based reviewers whose organization dates to 1909, honoured Deakins in 2007 with its award for Career Achievement in Cinematography. Deakins went on to receive the American Society of Cinematographers and the British Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 and 2015 respectively. Deakins was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to film. He was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours, also for services to film. References External links Video interview with Roger Deakins, FILMdetail Filmed interview with Roger Deakins on The Reel Show I just had to pinch myself, interview with Roger Deakins on ITV Local Westcountry Information on Roger Deakins at the International Cinematographers Guild An interview with Roger Deakins from InDigest Magazine 1949 births Living people Alumni of Bath School of Art and Design Alumni of the National Film and Television School Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners Best Cinematography BAFTA Award winners British cinematographers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English cinematographers Independent Spirit Award winners People educated at Torquay Boys' Grammar School Knights Bachelor