Panels

A Spotlight Event:  The American Cinematographer Legendary Conversation with Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC

Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC,  joins American Cinematographer Associate Editor Jon Witmer in a rare and inspiring conversation.  Deakins is a nine time Oscar nominee for Best Cinematography and the recipient of the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society  of Cinematographers.  His Academy Award nominations include True Grit, No Country for Old Men, The Shawshank Redemption, Kundun, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Reader (shared credit with Chris Menges), Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and The Man Who Wasn’t There. He has been nominated 10 times for the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award and won the award twice for Shawshank Redemption and The Man who Wasn’t There.  Deakins has enjoyed a twenty year collaboration with The Coen Brothers and has worked with many of the leading directors of our day on titles including Revolutionary Road, Doubt, A Beautiful Mind, The House of Sand and Fog, Homicide, Sid & Nancy, and  many more.  Deakins also was a visual consultant  for the beloved animated features WALL•E and How To Train Your Dragon.

 

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The Game Is On...TRON: LEGACY

Sponsored by the Foundry

"TRON: LEGACY" roared into the marketplace with perfectly executed 3D, production, post, and gorgeously engrossing design. As it approaches $400 million in worldwide box office, here's your chance to go behind the scenes with the experts who brought "TRON: LEGACY" to life. Co-Producer Steve Gaub,  Editor James Haygood, ACE, DI Colorist Dave Cole, and Andre Tréjo, VP, LaserPacific  join a lively and illuminating discussion, moderated by Dan Restuccio, West Coast Editor for Post Magazine. Discover how the 3D high-tech adventure, unlike anything ever captured for the big screen, pushed the limits of technology. Just added: 3D pioneer Vince Pace (PaceHD) will join this panel!

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Speakers

 

Jon Witmer, Associate Editor, American Cinematographer Magazine

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Jon D. Witmer majored in film studies at The Ohio State University before traveling west to try his fortunes in Los Angeles’ film industry. After working as a camera assistant on feature films, television series, music videos and commercials and shooting numerous short films, Jon joined the staff of American Cinematographer Magazine, where he currently serves as associate editor.

 

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ROGER DEAKINS, ASC, BSC

Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC was born in Torquay, Devon, England. He attended art college and the National Film School. He began in still photography and many of his stills can be seen on his website (www.rogerdeakins.com). He then turned documentaries, shooting many in Africa as well as covering the Whitbread Round the World Yacht race that required him to work for more than 9 months as a crew member while filming a documentary.

Roger then went on to feature cinematography, starting in England and then later shooting in the United States.

Roger Deakins has been nominated nine times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Cited for his work on Joel and Ethan Coen’s True Grit, No Country for Old Men; Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption; Martin Scorsese’s Kundun; Andrew Dominik’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Stephen Daldry’s The Reader (shared credit with Chris Menges); and Joel Coen’s Fargo, The Man Who Wasn’t There, and O Brother, Where Art Thou? 

 

He has been nominated 10 times for the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award and won the award twice for Shawshank Redemption and The Man who Wasn’t There. Cited was his work on the eight features listed above, as well as on Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road.

 

He will be receiving the ASC’s Lifetime Achievement award in 2011.

 

He has been nominated 6 times and twice won the BAFTA award for cinematography for The Man who Wasn’t There and No Country for Old Men.

 

He has been nominated 5 times and four times won the BSC award. 

 

He was honored in 2008 with the NBR’s Career achievement in Cinematography award. 

 

He has been nominated twice and won once for the Independent Spirit awards.

Recently, Roger has been the visual consultant for several animated features - Pixar’s release WALL•E and Dreamworks'  How to Train Your Dragon as well as  several other projects currently in production.

LIST OF AWARDS

Boston Society of Film Critics “True Grit”

Southeaster Film Critics “True Grit”

 

Hollywood Film Festival Cinematograpy Award 2009

 

Independent Spirit Award “A Serious Man”

 

BSC Award Best Cinematography “No Country for Old Men” 2009

BAFTA Award Best Cinematography "No Country for Old Men" 2008

San Diego Film Critics Best Cinematography “No Country for Old Men” 2008

 

Chicago Film Critics Best Cinematography “The Assassination of Jesse James” 2008

BSC Award Best Cinematography “The Assassination of Jesse James”

 

National Board of Review Award Film History (Career Achievement) 2007

 

BSC Award Best Cinematography “The Man who Wasn’t There” 2002

BAFTA Award Best Cinematography "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2002

American Film Institute Award Cinematographer of the Year "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2001

American Society of Cinematographers Award Best Cinematographer (Theatrical Release) "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2001

Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Cinematography "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2001

Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Cinematography "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2001

Golden Satellite Award Best Cinematography "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2001

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Cinematography "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2001

New York Film Critics Online Award Best Cinematography "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2001

Online Film Critics Society Award Best Cinematography "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2001

San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Cinematography "The Man Who Wasn't There" 2001

 

BSC Award Best Cinematography “O Brother Where Art Thou”

Las Vegas Film Critics Award Best Cinematography "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" 2000

 

Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Cinematography "Kundun" 1997

National Society of Film Critics Award Best Cinematography "Kundun" 1997

New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Cinematography "Kundun" 1997

 

Independent Spirit Award Best Cinematography "Fargo" 1996

 

American Society of Cinematographers Award Best Cinematographer (Theatrical Release) "The Shawshank Redemption" 1994

 

Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Cinematography "Barton Fink" 1991

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Cinematography "Barton Fink" and "Homicide" 1991

National Society of Film Critics Award Best Cinematography "Barton Fink" 1991

New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Cinematography "Barton Fink" 1991

 

LIST OF NOMINATIONS

 

TRUE GRIT

Academy Award Nomination

Chicago Critics Nomination

BAFTA Award Nomination

 

A SERIOUS MAN

Satellite Award Nomination

 

THE READER (shared nomination with Chris Menges)

Academy Award Nomination

BAFTA Award Nomination

ASC Award Nomination

 

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

ASC Award Nomination

 

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Academy Award Nomination

ASC Award Nomination

Chicago Film Critic Nomination

 

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES

Academy Award Nomination

ASC Award Nomination

Satellite Award Nomination

 

THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

Academy Award Nomination

Chicago Film Critics Nomination

 

O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?

Academy Nomination

ASC Nomination

Chicago Film Critics Association Nomination

 

KUNDUN

Academy Award Nomination

ASC Nomination

 

FARGO

Academy Award Nomination

ASC Award Nomination

 

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

Academy Award Nomination

 

THE HUDSUCKER PROXY

BSC Nomination

 

Roger lives with his wife in Santa Monica, returning to England (and the fishing!) as frequently as possible.

 

FILMOGRAPHY

NOW (currently in post-production)

True Grit (2010)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010) (visual consultant)

Company Men (2009)

A Serious Man (2008)

Doubt (2007 - 2008)

Revolutionary Road (2007)

WALL•E (2007) (Visual Consultant)

In the Valley of Elah (2006 - 2007)

No Country for old Men (2006)

The Assassination of Jesse James (2006)

Jarhead (2005)

The Village (2004)

The LadyKillers (2004)

The House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

Levity (2003)

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Dinner with Friends (2001)

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Anywhere But Here (1999)

The Hurricane (1999)

The Siege (1998)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Kundun (1997)

Courage Under Fire (1996)

Fargo (1996)

Dead Man Walking (1995)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

The Secret Garden (1993)

Passion Fish (1992)

Thunderheart (1992)

Barton Fink (1991)

Homicide (1991)

The Long Walk Home (1990)

Air America (1990)

Mountains of the Moon (1990)

Pascali's Island (1988)

Stormy Monday (1988)

The Kitchen Toto (1987)

Personal Services (1987)

White Mischief (1987)

Sid and Nancy (1986)

Defense of the Realm (1985)

The Innocent (1985

Return to Waterloo (1985)

Shadey (1985)

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

The House (1984)

Another Time, Another Place (1983)

Blue Suede Shoes (1980)

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Steve Gaub, Producer
Steve Gaub served as both Co-Producer and VFX Producer on TRON: LEGACY. In addition to overseeing the production of almost 1,600 VFX shots for the show, he also drafted the production’s workflows for their 3D all-digital capture and post, and for their in-house “lab,” which processed over 400TB of data. Prior to TRON: LEGACY, Steve served as an Associate Producer on various feature films, including most recently TERMINATOR SALVATION. As Associate Producer, he has overseen Post Production, VFX Production and Digital Intermediate for features with a wide array of unique technical innovations and challenges. Prior to his work as an Associate Producer, Steve put in time in the Features Physical Production divisions at INTERMEDIA FILMS and OUTLAW FILMS. Steve got his start in the business in physical production in the always challenging world of low-budget independent features. Currently, Gaub is at work with TRON: LEGACY director Joseph Kosinski on OBLIVION.

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Vince Pace , CEO, Cinematographer & Innovator, PACE
As an acclaimed cinematographer and co-inventor of the world's most advanced stereoscopic 3D system known as FUSION, Vince Pace is leading the effort to reinvent the entertainment experience.

Vince Pace has been instrumental in capturing some of the world's most captivating productions of our time. His career marks many significant achievements within the industry, from supporting the camera challenge of BBC’s award winning series Blue Planet to designing innovative lighting technology for The Abyss and being nominated for an Emmy in Cinematography for bringing back images from the deck of the Bismarck, three miles under the ocean. His contribution to entertainment has been to natural history, features, sports and concerts.

Almost a decade ago, Academy Award-winning Director, James Cameron, President of PACE, Patrick Campbell and PACE Founder, Vince Pace shared a desire to revolutionize the entertainment experience. Together, they embarked on a world's first, to develop innovative technology for the most advanced stereoscopic acquisition system ever created, known today as FUSION.

Today, PACE/Cameron's FUSION system is trusted by many of the top Directors and entertainment companies in the industry. The use of PACE's innovative technology and innovation has resulted in over $4.6 billion of box office receipts and major 3D benchmarks recognized within the industry including TRON: Legacy, Avatar, Resident Evil: Afterlife, U23D, ESPN Masters, NBA Finals and All-Star Games, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Film and The Final Destination.

Based in Burbank, California, Vince Pace's company, PACE, houses a full creative and technical team which infuses “Imagination through Innovation” into major motion pictures, live sports and entertainment experiences, concerts, music videos and more.