Can Roger Deakins finally have an Oscar, please?

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Roger Deakins is one of Hollywood’s reigning cinematographers, but he’s lost eight bids for the Oscar over the last 16 years: ‘The Reader’ (2008), ‘The Assassination of Jesse James’ (2007), ‘No Country for Old Men’ (2007), ‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’ (2001), ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’ (2000), ‘Kundun’ (1997), ‘Fargo’ (1996), ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ (1994).

Now he’s nominated for ‘True Grit’ -– see Paramount’s highlight reel below. He’s pitted against Matthew Libatique (‘Black Swan’), Wally Pfister (‘Inception’), Danny Cohen (‘The King’s Speech’) and Jeff Cronenweth (‘The Social Network’).

-- Tom O’Neil