sir roger deakins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you're laughing because i say "sir"?f course i am. you got me straight away. you've got to get used to it. yeah. i mean, you're regarded as a bit of a national treasure, aren't you? yeah — it's funny that, but you never have that perspective on it yourself — i don't, anyway, no. i think the nice thing for a lot of british people is that you've just published a book of photographs, still pictures, which talks about — visually talks about your very british roots in the south west of england. and ijust wonder why, in the midst of an incredibly prolific and successful film career, you've decided to put this book out. vanity. no, it's interesting because i kind of, when i started out, i kind of thought of being a painter, as you do when you don't know what you really want to do. and then — and then i discovered stills photography and i dreamt of being a photojournalist, and a big part of me wonders what my life would have been like if i'd been that person. and so, i've always taken photographs on and off, more times than othe

hardtalk�*s stephen sackur speaks to the acclaimed british cinematographer sir roger deakins.elcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur and this is soho in london, where the uk film industry does its deal making and much of its post—production. the brits are still big players in the global film industry, and none more so than my guest today, sir roger deakins. he's made a host of brilliant movies. he's won two oscars, but his industry is changing, thanks to technology, to cgi, even to this thing, the smartphone and its camera. so how does he see the future of the film business? sir roger deakins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you're laughing because i say "sir." yeah, because i haven't... you got me straight away. you've got to get used to it. i mean, you're regarded as a bit of a national treasure, aren't you? yeah. it's funny that but you never have that perspective on it yourself. i don't, anyway, no. i think the nice thing for a lot of british people is that you've just published a book of photographs, still pictures, which talks about... ..visually talks about your very bri

brits are still big players in the global film industry, and none more so than my guest today, sir roger deakinsis industry is changing,

hardtalk�*s stephen sackur speaks to the acclaimed british cinematographer sir roger deakins.