John Seale
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- October 5, 1942 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Biography
John Clement Seale AM ACS ASC (born 5 October 1942) is an Australian cinematographer. He has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and an American Society of Cinematographers Award. Seale started his career collaborating with director Peter Weir as both a camera operator and director of photography, gaining a reputation as one of Australia's leading cinematographers. He then earned international prominence working with directors such as Anthony Minghella, Wolfgang Petersen, Ron Howard, Sydney Pollack, and George Miller. Seale received the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The English Patient (1996). He was also Oscar-nominated for Witness (1985), Rain Man (1988), Cold Mountain (2003), and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Seale's other work includes the films Children of a Lesser God (1986), Dead Poets Society (1989), The Firm (1993), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). Seale was born in Warwick, Queensland, Australia, to Marjorie Lyndon (née Pool) and Eric Clement Seale. He received Oscar nominations for his work on Witness, Rain Man, and Cold Mountain and won for The English Patient. Seale directed one film, Till There Was You, in 1990. He is a four-time Oscar nominee, five-time BAFTA nominee, and four-time ASC Award nominee. His greatest commercial successes have been Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which grossed US$974 million; Rain Man, which grossed US$354 million; Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which grossed US$335 million; The Perfect Storm, which grossed US$328 million; and The Tourist, which grossed US$278 million. He came out of retirement in 2012 to shoot Mad Max: Fury Road, for which he received another Academy Award nomination. Seale was appointed a member of the Order of Australia in the 2002 Australia Day Honours in recognition of his "service to the arts as an Australian and internationally acclaimed cinematographer." Description above from the Wikipedia article John Seale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Movie · Director of Photography
Mad Max: Fury Road
Movie · Director of Photography
The Tourist
Movie · Director of Photography
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Movie · Director of Photography
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Movie · First Assistant "B" Camera
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
Movie · First Assistant "B" Camera
Betwixt
Movie · First Assistant Camera
Poseidon
Movie · Director of Photography
Spanglish
Movie · Director of Photography
Cold Mountain
Movie · Director of Photography
Dreamcatcher
Movie · Director of Photography
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie · Director of Photography
Replicant
Movie · First Assistant Camera
The Perfect Storm
Movie · Director of Photography
Final Destination
Movie · First Assistant Camera
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Movie · Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
At First Sight
Movie · Director of Photography
City of Angels
Movie · Director of Photography
The English Patient
Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Ghosts of Mississippi
Movie · Director of Photography
Beyond Rangoon
Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator
The American President
Movie · Director of Photography
The Paper
Movie · Director of Photography
The Firm
Movie · Director of Photography
Lorenzo's Oil
Movie · Director of Photography
The Doctor
Movie · Director of Photography
Dead Poets Society
Movie · Director of Photography
Rain Man
Movie · Director of Photography
Gorillas in the Mist
Movie · Director of Photography
Stakeout
Movie · Director of Photography
Children of a Lesser God
Movie · Director of Photography
The Mosquito Coast
Movie · Director of Photography
The Hitcher
Movie · Director of Photography
Witness
Movie · Director of Photography
The Empty Beach
Movie · Director of Photography
BMX Bandits
Movie · Director of Photography
Goodbye Paradise
Movie · Director of Photography
The Year of Living Dangerously
Movie · Second Unit Director of Photography
Ginger Meggs
Movie · Director of Photography
The Survivor
Movie · Director of Photography
That Dangerous Summer
Movie · Director of Photography
Fatty Finn
Movie · Director of Photography
Dawn!
Movie · Camera Operator
Money Movers
Movie · Camera Operator
Born to Run
Movie · Camera Operator
The Last Wave
Movie · Camera Operator
Deathcheaters
Movie · Director of Photography
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Movie · Camera Operator
The Man from Hong Kong
Movie · Additional Photography