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John Seale
Director, Additional CreditsBorn October 5, 1942 (83 years)
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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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.
John Seale Filmography
| 2025 | L'apocalypse selon Mad Max · as Self (archive) - Director Of The Photography |
| 2022 | Icons Unearthed (TV Series) · as Self - Director Of Photography |
| 2019 | Mad Dog Morgan: Extended 'Not Quite Hollywood' Interviews · as Self - Camera Operator On 'mad Dog Morgan' |
| 2016 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2016 | The Man from Hong Kong: Uncut 'Not Quite Hollywood' Interviews · as Self - Second Unit Cameraman On 'the Man From Hong Kong' |
| 2016 | The Making of 'The Man from Hong Kong' · as Self - Second Unit Cameraman On 'the Man From Hong Kong' |
| 2009 | Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins · as Self - Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2006 | Cinematographer Style · as Self |
| 2005 | Entrenched: The Making of 'Gallipoli' · as Self |
| 2004 | The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2004 | Climbing 'Cold Mountain' · as Self |
| 1997 | The 69th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1996 | Australian Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self - Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 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 |
| 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 Sorcerer's Stone · as Director Of Photography |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | At First Sight · as Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | City of Angels · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | The English Patient · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | The American President · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Beyond Rangoon · as Director Of Photography |
| 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 | The Mosquito Coast · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Children of a Lesser God · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | The Hitcher · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Winners (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1985 | The Empty Beach · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Witness · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Silver City · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | BMX Bandits · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | Careful, He Might Hear You · as Cinematographer |
| 1982 | Goodbye Paradise · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | The Year of Living Dangerously · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Ginger Meggs · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Fighting Back · as Cinematographer |
| 1981 | Doctors & Nurses · as Cinematographer |
| 1981 | The Survivor · as Director Of Photography |
| 1980 | Fatty Finn · as Director Of Photography |
| 1976 | Deathcheaters · as Director Of Photography |