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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Films (56)
It’s a Mad Max World
2025 · Self
Trois mille ans à t'attendre
2022 · Director of Photography
Mad Max : Fury Road
2015 · Director of Photography
Le touriste
2010 · Director of Photography
Le Garçon qui criait au loup
2010 · First Assistant "B" Camera
Prince of Persia : Les Sables du temps
2010 · Director of Photography
Betwixt
2010 · First Assistant Camera
Mise à prix 2
2010 · First Assistant "B" Camera
Not Quite Hollywood
2008 · Self
Poséidon
2006 · Director of Photography
Espanglish
2004 · Director of Photography
Retour à Cold Mountain
2003 · Director of Photography
Dreamcatcher : l'attrape-rêves
2003 · Director of Photography
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
2003
Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers
2001 · Director of Photography
Le Clone
2001 · First Assistant Camera
En pleine tempête
2000 · Director of Photography
Destination finale
2000 · First Assistant Camera
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
Premier regard
1999 · Director of Photography
La Cité des Anges
1998 · Director of Photography
Les Fantômes du passé
1996 · Director of Photography
Le Patient anglais
1996 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Le président et Miss Wade
1995 · Director of Photography
Rangoon
1995 · Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Le Journal
1994 · Director of Photography
La Firme
1993 · Director of Photography
Lorenzo
1992 · Director of Photography
Le Docteur
1991 · Director of Photography
Till There Was You
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
