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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
It’s a Mad Max World
as Self (archive) - director of the photography
2025
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Director of Photography (Camera)
2022
Mad Max: Fury Road
Director of Photography (Camera)
2015
The Tourist
Director of Photography (Camera)
2010
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
First Assistant "B" Camera (Camera)
2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Director of Photography (Camera)
2010
Betwixt
First Assistant Camera (Camera)
2010
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
First Assistant "B" Camera (Camera)
2010
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
2008
Poseidon
Director of Photography (Camera)
2006
Spanglish
Director of Photography (Camera)
2004
Cold Mountain
Director of Photography (Camera)
2003
Dreamcatcher
Director of Photography (Camera)
2003
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
2003
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Director of Photography (Camera)
2001
Replicant
First Assistant Camera (Camera)
2001
The Perfect Storm
Director of Photography (Camera)
2000
Final Destination
First Assistant Camera (Camera)
2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Director of Photography (Camera)
1999
At First Sight
Director of Photography (Camera)
1999
City of Angels
Director of Photography (Camera)
1998
Ghosts of Mississippi
Director of Photography (Camera)
1996
The English Patient
Director of Photography (Camera)
1996
The American President
Director of Photography (Camera)
1995
Beyond Rangoon
Director of Photography (Camera)
1995
The Paper
Director of Photography (Camera)
1994
The Firm
Director of Photography (Camera)
1993
Lorenzo's Oil
Director of Photography (Camera)
1992
The Doctor
Director of Photography (Camera)
1991
Till There Was You
Director (Directing)
1991
Dead Poets Society
Director of Photography (Camera)
1989
Rain Man
Director of Photography (Camera)
1988
Gorillas in the Mist
Director of Photography (Camera)
1988
Stakeout
Director of Photography (Camera)
1987
The Mosquito Coast
Director of Photography (Camera)
1986
Children of a Lesser God
Director of Photography (Camera)
1986
The Hitcher
Director of Photography (Camera)
1986
The Empty Beach
Director of Photography (Camera)
1985
Witness
Director of Photography (Camera)
1985
Silver City
Cinematography (Crew)
1984
BMX Bandits
Director of Photography (Camera)
1983
Careful, He Might Hear You
Cinematography (Crew)
1983
Goodbye Paradise
Director of Photography (Camera)
1983
The Year of Living Dangerously
Second Unit Director of Photography (Camera)
1982
Ginger Meggs
Director of Photography (Camera)
1982
Doctors & Nurses
Cinematography (Crew)
1981
The Survivor
Director of Photography (Camera)
1981
Fatty Finn
Director of Photography (Camera)
1980
That Dangerous Summer
Director of Photography (Camera)
1980
Dawn!
Camera Operator (Camera)
1979