John Seale

John Seale

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.

Camera

2022

Three Thousand Years of Longing

Director of Photography

2015

Mad Max: Fury Road

Director of Photography

2010

The Tourist

Director of Photography

2010

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

First Assistant "B" Camera

2010

2010

Betwixt

First Assistant Camera

2010

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

First Assistant "B" Camera

2006

Poseidon

Director of Photography

2004

Spanglish

Director of Photography

2003

Cold Mountain

Director of Photography

2003

Dreamcatcher

Director of Photography

2001

2001

Replicant

First Assistant Camera

2000

The Perfect Storm

Director of Photography

2000

Final Destination

First Assistant Camera

1999

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Director of Photography

1999

The Talented Mr. Ripley

"A" Camera Operator

1999

At First Sight

Director of Photography

1998

City of Angels

Director of Photography

1996

Ghosts of Mississippi

Director of Photography

1996

The English Patient

Director of Photography

1996

The English Patient

Camera Operator

1995

The American President

Director of Photography

1995

Beyond Rangoon

Director of Photography

1995

Beyond Rangoon

Camera Operator

1994

The Paper

Director of Photography

1993

The Firm

Director of Photography

1992

Lorenzo's Oil

Director of Photography

1991

The Doctor

Director of Photography

1989

Dead Poets Society

Director of Photography

1988

Rain Man

Director of Photography

1988

Gorillas in the Mist

Director of Photography

1987

Stakeout

Director of Photography

1986

The Mosquito Coast

Director of Photography

1986

Children of a Lesser God

Director of Photography

1986

The Hitcher

Director of Photography

1985

The Empty Beach

Director of Photography

1985

Witness

Director of Photography

1983

BMX Bandits

Director of Photography

1983

Goodbye Paradise

Director of Photography

1982

The Year of Living Dangerously

Second Unit Director of Photography

1982

Ginger Meggs

Director of Photography

1981

The Survivor

Director of Photography

1980

Fatty Finn

Director of Photography

1977

The Last Wave

Camera Operator

1976

Deathcheaters

Director of Photography

1975

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Camera Operator

1975

The Man from Hong Kong

Additional Photography

Acting

2025

It’s a Mad Max World

Self (archive) - director of the photography

2008

1953

Crew

1983

1981

Doctors & Nurses

Cinematography

Infos

Full Name
John Seale
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
10/5/1942