Dion Beebe

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1968-05-18 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Dion Beebe

Biography

Dion Beebe A.C.S. A.S.C. (/ˈdiːɒn ˈbiːbi/ DEE-on BEE-bee; born 18 May 1968) is an Australian–South African cinematographer. Originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, his family moved to Cape Town, South Africa, in 1972. Dion studied cinematography at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School from 1987 to 1989.[citation needed] Beebe was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for his work on Rob Marshall's Chicago, and won the 2006 Academy Award for his work on the director's later Memoirs of a Geisha. He is known for his use of stylized, highly saturated colour palettes and for his experimental use of high-speed digital video on Michael Mann's Collateral (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Cinematography) and Miami Vice. He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Dion was inducted into the ACS' Hall of Fame at the National Awards on 16 May 2020.

Known For

Camera

2025
Michael

as Director of Photography

2023
The Little Mermaid

as Director of Photography

2020
I Am Woman

as Director of Photography

2019
Gemini Man

as Director of Photography

2018
The Legend of Red Hand

as Director of Photography

2018
Mary Poppins Returns

as Director of Photography

2017
The Snowman

as Director of Photography

2016
2014
Edge of Tomorrow

as Director of Photography

2014
Into the Woods

as Director of Photography

2013
Gangster Squad

as Director of Photography

2012
The Zen of Bennett

as Director of Photography

2011
Green Lantern

as Director of Photography

2009
Land of the Lost

as Director of Photography

2009
Nine

as Director of Photography

2007
Rendition

as Director of Photography

2006
Miami Vice

as Director of Photography

2006
Tony Bennett: An American Classic

as Director of Photography

2005
Memoirs of a Geisha

as Director of Photography

2004
Collateral

as Director of Photography

2003
In the Cut

as Director of Photography

2002
Chicago

as Director of Photography

2002
Equilibrium

as Director of Photography

2001
Charlotte Gray

as Director of Photography

2000
The Goddess of 1967

as Director of Photography

2000
Forever Lulu

as Director of Photography

1999
Holy Smoke

as Director of Photography

1999
Praise

as Director of Photography

1998
My Own Country

as Director of Photography

1998
Memory & Desire

as Director of Photography

1997
Down Rusty Down

as Director of Photography

1997
40,000 Years of Dreaming

as Director of Photography

1996
Floating Life

as Director of Photography

1995
Vacant Possession

as Director of Photography

1992
Crush

as Director of Photography

Actor

2012
Side by Side

as Self

Crew

1996
What I Have Written

as Cinematography