Pictured (L-R) Claude Girard, Producer Edward McDonnell, Canadian
cultural journalist Tanya Lapointe, Canadian director Denis Villeneuve
(with Sicario movie in competition this year), French Actress Irène
Jacob, Polish writer & director Agnieszka Holland, DoP Roger
Deakins with his wife James, Thales Angénieux President Pierre Andurand.
During the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival, Angénieux paid tribute to Roger Deakins BSC, ASC on May 22nd, 2015 at the third edition of the Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography ceremony. This award spotlights the work of Directors of Photography with past honorees including Philippe Rousselot AFC, ASC in 2013 and Vilmos Zsigmond HSC, ASC in 2014.
At the ceremony, a prestigious delegation composed of directors, producers, actors and actresses involved in Roger Deakins' career came to express their respect and appreciation. Guests included directors Joel and Ethan Coen (Deakins photographed eleven of their movies), director Agnieszka Holland (Deakins worked on The Secret Garden), director Denis Villeneuve (Deakins was involved in Prisoners, Sicario, which was in Competition this year at Cannes and the upcoming Blade Runner project), actresses Frances Mc Dormand and Irène Jacob and actor Jake Gyllenhall. Thierry Frémaux, Délégué Général of the Festival, Mike Eyle, a governor on the Board of the BSC and Richard Andry, Vice President of the AFC, also expressed their admiration to Roger Deakins and his contribution to cinema.
Thales Angénieux President, Pierre Andurand, presented Roger Deakins
with an Optimo 45-120mm zoom lens specially engraved with his name.
Following the ceremony, a dinner was held at La Plage du CNC,
where singer Melissa Laveaux performed a
with an Optimo 45-120mm zoom lens specially engraved with his name.
Following the ceremony, a dinner was held at La Plage du CNC,
where singer Melissa Laveaux performed a
private concert for a hundred of
Angenieux’s guests.
Angenieux's Pierre Angenieux Excellens in Cinematography Award:
an Angénieux Optimo 45-120 zoom lens specially engraved to Roger Deakins
Roger Deakins receives the
Pierre Angénieux Excellens Lifetime Achievement Award
for
Cinematography at 2015 at Cannes Film Festival.
Pictured (L-R) Agnieszka Holland, James Deakins, Roger Deakins,
Ethan Cohen and Frances Mc Dormand
Ethan Cohen and Frances Mc Dormand
Roger Deakins, known for several collaborations with the Coen Brothers, has worked with many directors including Tim Robbins, Martin Scorcese, Sam Mendes, Denis Villeneuve and Angelina Jolie. He has been a part of an incredible number of movies that are today monuments of cinema such as Barton Fink, The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, Kundun, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Assassination of Jesse James, No Country for Old Men, The Reader, True Grit, Skyfall and Prisoners.
Actress Irene Jacob, James Deakins, DP Roger Deakins, Director Denis Villeneuve
and Tanya Lapointe attend the Premiere of "Sicario" during
the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival
and Tanya Lapointe attend the Premiere of "Sicario" during
the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival
Along with the tribute presented to Roger Deakins, Angénieux was also particularly present at this Cannes Festival through a wide number of movies shot with Angénieux lenses. Below is a list of movies screened at Cannes and shot with Angénieux lenses:
Out-of-Competition and special Screenings
La Tête Haute by Emmanuelle Bercot -DP Guillaume Schiffman AFC
Mad Max: Fury Road by Georges Miller -DP John Seale
Une Histoire de Fou by Robert Guédiguian - DP Pierre Milon AFC
Official Selection / In Competition
Dheepan de Jacques Audiard – DP Eponine Momenceau – Palme d’Or
Mon Roi by Maïwenn - DP Claire Mathon AFC
Youth by Paolo Sorrentino - DP Luca Bigazzi
For more information about the Pierre Angénieux Excellens Lifetime Achievement Award for Cinematography and lenses visit http://www.angenieux.com/
