John Seale

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-10-05 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Warwick, Queensland, Australia

John Seale

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

Camera

2022
Three Thousand Years of Longing

as Director of Photography

2015
Mad Max: Fury Road

as Director of Photography

2010
The Tourist

as Director of Photography

2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

as Director of Photography

2010
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

as First Assistant "B" Camera

2010
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

as First Assistant "B" Camera

2010
Betwixt

as First Assistant Camera

2006
Poseidon

as Director of Photography

2004
Spanglish

as Director of Photography

2003
Cold Mountain

as Director of Photography

2003
Dreamcatcher

as Director of Photography

2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

as Director of Photography

2001
Replicant

as First Assistant Camera

2000
The Perfect Storm

as Director of Photography

2000
Final Destination

as First Assistant Camera

1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley

as Director of Photography

1999
At First Sight

as Director of Photography

1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley

as "A" Camera Operator

1998
City of Angels

as Director of Photography

1996
The English Patient

as Director of Photography

1996
The English Patient

as Camera Operator

1996
Ghosts of Mississippi

as Director of Photography

1995
Beyond Rangoon

as Director of Photography

1995
The American President

as Director of Photography

1995
Beyond Rangoon

as Camera Operator

1994
The Paper

as Director of Photography

1993
The Firm

as Director of Photography

1992
Lorenzo's Oil

as Director of Photography

1991
The Doctor

as Director of Photography

1989
Dead Poets Society

as Director of Photography

1988
Rain Man

as Director of Photography

1988
Gorillas in the Mist

as Director of Photography

1987
Stakeout

as Director of Photography

1986
Children of a Lesser God

as Director of Photography

1986
The Mosquito Coast

as Director of Photography

1986
The Hitcher

as Director of Photography

1985
Witness

as Director of Photography

1985
The Empty Beach

as Director of Photography

1983
BMX Bandits

as Director of Photography

1983
Goodbye Paradise

as Director of Photography

1982
The Year of Living Dangerously

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1981
The Survivor

as Director of Photography

1980
That Dangerous Summer

as Director of Photography

1980
Fatty Finn

as Director of Photography

1979
Dawn!

as Camera Operator

1978
Money Movers

as Camera Operator

1977
Born to Run

as Camera Operator

1976
Deathcheaters

as Director of Photography

1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock

as Camera Operator

1975
The Man from Hong Kong

as Additional Photography

Crew

1984
Silver City

as Cinematography

1983
Careful, He Might Hear You

as Cinematography

1981
Doctors & Nurses

as Cinematography

Director

1991
Till There Was You

as Director