About
Dion Beebe
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2012 | Side by Side | Actor | Self | 63 Fair |
| 2006 | Cinematographer Style | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
Camera |
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| 2025 | Michael | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | The Little Mermaid | Camera | Director of Photography | 62 Fair |
| 2020 | I Am Woman | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Gemini Man | Camera | Director of Photography | 62 Fair |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Camera | Director of Photography | 64 Fair |
| 2018 | The Legend of Red Hand | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Snowman | Camera | Director of Photography | 53 Average |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Camera | Director of Photography | 71 Good |
| 2014 | Into the Woods | Camera | Director of Photography | 57 Average |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | Camera | Director of Photography | 75 Good |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | Camera | Director of Photography | 63 Fair |
| 2012 | The Zen of Bennett | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Green Lantern | Camera | Director of Photography | 52 Average |
| 2009 | Nine | Camera | Director of Photography | 56 Average |
| 2009 | Land of the Lost | Camera | Director of Photography | 55 Average |
| 2007 | Rendition | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
| 2006 | Tony Bennett: An American Classic | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Miami Vice | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Camera | Director of Photography | 74 Good |
| 2004 | Collateral | Camera | Director of Photography | 70 Good |
| 2003 | In the Cut | Camera | Director of Photography | 55 Average |
| 2002 | Chicago | Camera | Director of Photography | 69 Fair |
| 2002 | Equilibrium | Camera | Director of Photography | 68 Fair |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2000 | The Goddess of 1967 | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Forever Lulu | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Holy Smoke | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Praise | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1998 | My Own Country | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Memory & Desire | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 1997 | 40,000 Years of Dreaming | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Down Rusty Down | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Floating Life | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Vacant Possession | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | Crush | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
Crew |
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| 1996 | What I Have Written | Crew | Cinematography | 58 Average |