ROGER EATON is a British visual artist, photographer, sculptor, film-maker and cinematographer born in Cambridge, lived and travelled all over the world.
Having trained under the guidance of legendary photographers, Lord Snowdon and Eve Arnold, Roger moved to New York in the early eighties at the height of the creative revolution. He worked close...
Read MoreROGER EATON is a British visual artist, photographer, sculptor, film-maker and cinematographer born in Cambridge, lived and travelled all over the world.
Having trained under the guidance of legendary photographers, Lord Snowdon and Eve Arnold, Roger moved to New York in the early eighties at the height of the creative revolution. He worked closely with Andy Warhol for Interview Magazine while being creatively involved with artists such as Julian Schnabel, Francesco Clemente. Rammellzee and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Roger shot covers for Vogue and The Face and also De Beers, Bounty, Renault, Smirnoff Black Label, Clairol and Ray Ban. He photographed some of the world’s most famous faces that include Diana Princess of Wales, Andy Warhol, Naomi Campbell, Truman Capote, Bridget Fonda, Claudia Schiffer, Nancy Reagan, Andie MacDowell, Linda Evangelista, The Pope St Jean Paul II and Kate Moss.FILMRoger won a Silver Clio award for directing Frog (1998), a commercial he shot, directed and produced for The Green Party through his production company The Vatican.
He filmed The Real Eve (2002) a dramatic recreation documentary about the migration of the human race from the Rift Valley 140,000 years ago, in Kenya for Discovery Channel that was ranked 4th in the highest cable ratings. He was nominated for a Royal Television Society award in Best Cinematography for the documentary Dinosaur Hunters (2003), which he shot in Scotland for Channel Four. The same year The Toy Box, for which Roger was the Director of Photography won Best Foreign Film at Vancouver International Film Festival. It was hailed by critics as ‘The best handheld work seen on film’. He filmed The Killing of John Lennon (2003/6), which premiered worldwide at the 2006 Edinburgh Film Festival and was nominated for BAFTA’s Michael Powell Award. Roger shot Truck of Dreams (2006) in India. The film won the World Cinema Award at the 2007 Washington DC Film Festival.
Roger sat on the advisory panels for Kodak and The Royal Geographic Society. He has organised annual seminars on cinematography for the Notting Hill Film Festival. He has been featured in various articles and magazines, Arri News, Fuji – Exposure Mag, Channel 4 – Making Movies and Music on Air.I have been operating since my first operating job on a TV pilot in Rome on 35mm film in 1985. I have been framing composing and operating a camera since the age of 9. My intention is to continue working in the industry as an operator and also to get more involved with other camera operators. I have a considerable and varied experience as an operator and film-maker.
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