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Oscar-winning cinematographer hosts film screening and book signing in St. Pete

a man in a black suit poses on stage with a trophy.
Roger Deakins accepts the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for 1917

Huge news for local cinephiles: the Oscar-winning cinematographer behind such films as Fargo, The Big Lebowski, 1917, No Country for Old Men and Bladerunner 2049, among other projects, will host multiple film screenings in St. Pete this summer. The screening and book signing event will be held at Coastal Creative (2201 1st Ave S) on June 13-14, with another film screening at Sundial St. Pete on June 15.

Roger and James Deakins book BYWAYS includes previously unpublished personal black-and-white stills that reflect a life spent looking and telling stories through images, from 1971 to the present.

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multiple sets of legs are stood over a bowling lane with an outer space backdrop
The Big Lebowski (1998)

June 13
4pm: BYWAYS book signing
6:30pm: Screening of The Big Lebowski

a man stands shirtless in the rain with his arms outstretched to the sky
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

June 14
4pm: BYWAYS book signing
6:30pm: Screening of The Shawshank Redemption

Roger Deakins on the set of the Oscar-winning film 1917 | Credit: François Duhamel/Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures

June 15
6:30pm: 1917 film screening followed by a Q&A with Roger Deakins – this event will take place at AMC Sundial in downtown St. Pete.

Tickets to the individual events are $85, and include a copy of Byways and book signing, film screening and Team Deakins discussion. Books are also available onsite for $55 each. Event tickets with no book included are $40.

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