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."
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It’s a Mad Max World
2025 · Self

Érase una vez un genio
2022 · Director of Photography

Mad Max: Furia en el camino
2015 · Director of Photography

El Turista
2010 · Director of Photography

La Mansión Wolfberg
2010 · First Assistant "B" Camera

El Príncipe de Persia: Las Arenas del Tiempo
2010 · Director of Photography

Betwixt
2010 · First Assistant Camera

Aces calientes 2 Bola de Asesinos
2010 · First Assistant "B" Camera

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
2008 · Self

Poseidón
2006 · Director of Photography

Espanglish
2004 · Director of Photography

Regreso a Cold Mountain
2003 · Director of Photography

El cazador de sueños
2003 · Director of Photography

The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
2003

Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal
2001 · Director of Photography

Replicante
2001 · First Assistant Camera

Una Tormenta Perfecta
2000 · Director of Photography

Destino Final
2000 · First Assistant Camera

The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator

A Primera Vista
1999 · Director of Photography

Un ángel enamorado
1998 · Director of Photography

Fantasmas del pasado
1996 · Director of Photography

El Paciente Inglés
1996 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Mi querido presidente
1995 · Director of Photography

Más allá de Rangún
1995 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

El periódico
1994 · Director of Photography

Sin salida
1993 · Director of Photography

Un milagro para Lorenzo
1992 · Director of Photography

El doctor
1991 · Director of Photography

La jungla de oro
1991 · Director

Dead Poets Society
1989 · Director of Photography

Rain Man
1988 · Director of Photography

Gorillas in the Mist
1988 · Director of Photography

Stakeout
1987 · Director of Photography

The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Director of Photography

Children of a Lesser God
1986 · Director of Photography

The Hitcher
1986 · Director of Photography

The Empty Beach
1985 · Director of Photography

Witness
1985 · Director of Photography

Silver City
1984 · Cinematography

BMX Bandits
1983 · Director of Photography

Careful, He Might Hear You
1983 · Cinematography

Goodbye Paradise
1983 · Director of Photography

The Year of Living Dangerously
1982 · Second Unit Director of Photography

Ginger Meggs
1982 · Director of Photography

Doctors & Nurses
1981 · Cinematography

The Survivor
1981 · Director of Photography

Fatty Finn
1980 · Director of Photography
That Dangerous Summer
1980 · Director of Photography

Dawn!
1979 · Camera Operator

Money Movers
1978 · Camera Operator

The Last Wave
1977 · Camera Operator

Born to Run
1977 · Camera Operator

Deathcheaters
1976 · Director of Photography

Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Camera Operator

The Man from Hong Kong
1975 · Additional Photography

