Preorder Sir Roger Deakins CBE ASC BSC’s book Reflections: On Cinematography

Two-time Academy Award winner and five-time BAFTA award winner Sir Roger Deakins CBE ASC BSC presents a visual memoir, telling his life’s story by way of his iconic, beloved films, including The Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Fargo, Blade Runner 2049, The Big Lebowski, 1917, and No Country for Old Men, among others.

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, Deakins has proven to be the greatest artist and visionary that the craft of cinematography has ever known.

In Reflections: On Cinematography, he 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 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, Deakins shows readers how he created some of the most iconic scenes in the most beloved films of all time. Through candid, lyrical prose, he 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 anyone looking to find inspiration, beauty, and creativity by looking through the singular lens with which Deakins views the world. 

To preorder the book, which will be available in November, please visit here.