About

Known credits:
58
Birthday:
1942-10-05
Place of birth:
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Website:
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John Seale

Overview

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."

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Known for

Acting

2009 Creating the World of Harry Potter Actor Self - Director of Photography N/A
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2008 Not Quite Hollywood Actor Self 60
Fair
2003 The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? Actor N/A
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Directing

1991 Till There Was You Directing Director 58
Average

Camera

2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing Camera Director of Photography 66
Fair
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Camera Director of Photography 75
Good
2010 The Tourist Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
2010 The Boy Who Cried Werewolf Camera First Assistant "B" Camera 60
Fair
2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
2010 Betwixt Camera First Assistant Camera N/A
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2010 Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball Camera First Assistant "B" Camera 56
Average
2006 Poseidon Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2004 Spanglish Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2003 Cold Mountain Camera Director of Photography 66
Fair
2003 Dreamcatcher Camera Director of Photography 56
Average
2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Camera Director of Photography 78
Good
2001 Replicant Camera First Assistant Camera 58
Average
2000 The Perfect Storm Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
2000 Final Destination Camera First Assistant Camera 65
Fair
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley Camera "A" Camera Operator 70
Good
1999 The Talented Mr. Ripley Camera Director of Photography 70
Good
1999 At First Sight Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1998 City of Angels Camera Director of Photography 66
Fair
1996 Ghosts of Mississippi Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1996 The English Patient Camera Camera Operator 69
Fair
1996 The English Patient Camera Director of Photography 69
Fair
1995 The American President Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
1995 Beyond Rangoon Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1995 Beyond Rangoon Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1994 The Paper Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1993 The Firm Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
1992 Lorenzo's Oil Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
1991 The Doctor Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1989 Dead Poets Society Camera Director of Photography 82
Very good
1988 Rain Man Camera Director of Photography 76
Good
1988 Gorillas in the Mist Camera Director of Photography 64
Fair
1987 Stakeout Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1986 The Mosquito Coast Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1986 Children of a Lesser God Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
1986 The Hitcher Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
1985 The Empty Beach Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1985 Witness Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
1983 BMX Bandits Camera Director of Photography 57
Average
1983 Goodbye Paradise Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously Camera Second Unit Director of Photography 62
Fair
1981 The Survivor Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1980 Fatty Finn Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1980 That Dangerous Summer Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1979 Dawn! Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1978 Money Movers Camera Camera Operator 58
Average
1977 The Last Wave Camera Camera Operator 61
Fair
1977 Born to Run Camera Camera Operator N/A
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1976 Deathcheaters Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1975 Picnic at Hanging Rock Camera Camera Operator 66
Fair
1975 The Man from Hong Kong Camera Additional Photography 59
Average

Crew

1984 Silver City Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1983 Careful, He Might Hear You Crew Cinematography 58
Average
1981 Doctors & Nurses Crew Cinematography N/A
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