New Year Honours 2021
Roger Alexander DEAKINS
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
Cinematographer
“For services to Film.”
Recognised for
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Overseas and International List
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Roger Alexander DEAKINS C.B.E.
Cinematographer
For services to Film.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
In context
Each honour in context
Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Cinematographer
“Cinematographer. For services to Film.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Cinematographer
“For services to Film.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Cinematographer.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the New Year Honours 2021
Charles Geoffrey Cox
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Tavistock, Devon
“Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon. For Parliamentary and Political Service”
Christopher Mark Le Brun
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“Lately President, Royal Academy. For services to the Arts”
David Charles Pearson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
“Lately Director of Adult Social Care, Nottinghamshire Council. For services to Health and Social Care Integration”
David Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Tesco. For services to the Food Industry and to Business”
David Stuart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
“MRC Professor of Structural Biology, University of Oxford. For services to Medical Research and to the Scientific Community”
David Thompson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“Chief Constable, West Midlands Police. For services to Policing”
Dieter Robin Helm
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Bampton, Oxfordshire
“Chair, Natural Capital Committee. For services to the Environment, to Energy and to Utilities Policy”
Francis McCORMAC
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Stirling. For services to Education and to the Economy”
Graham Vick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“Founder and Artistic Director, Birmingham Opera Company. For services to Music and to the Regions”
Guy Howard Weston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Charity”
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Motorsports.”
Peter Thomas Wanless
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Sevenoaks, Kent
“Chief Executive Officer, NSPCC. For services to Children, to Young People and to the Charitable Sector”
Richard James Atkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Exeter, Devon
“Lately Further Education Commissioner, Department for Education. For services to Further Education”
Robert Chote
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“Lately Chairman, Office for Budget Responsibility. For services to Fiscal Policy and to the Economy”
Simon Baron-Cohen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Professor of Autism Research, University of Cambridge. For services to People with Autism”
Stephen John Deuchar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Westwell, Kent
“Lately Director, Art Fund. For services to Art”
Thomas Clarke C.b.e. J.p.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
“For Public and Political Service”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Daniel Calvert
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Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“Project Manager, Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary. For services to Heritage”
Jean Irene Routley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire”
Angela Jane Manson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
Knight Bachelor · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703136. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
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