JOHN SEALE ACS/ASC

 

Born: 05.10.1942, Warwick, Queensland, Australia, as John Clement Seale.

 

Career: After High School in Sydney he became c.asst at the film department of the Australian Broadcasting Company [1962-68]. Became freelance technician and c.op [1968-1976]. Member of the ASC since January 1997. Was interviewee in de doc 'Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography' [1991]. Directed the feature 'Till There Was You' [1989; ph: Robert Primes & Geoffrey Simpson]. In 1998 he received an Honorary Doctorate at Griffith University, Queensland.

 

Awards: AFI [Aus] Award nom [1981] for 'The Survivor'; AFI [Aus] Award [1983] for 'Careful, He Might Hear You'; ACS 'Milli' Award 'Australian Cinematographer of the Year' [1983] for 'Goodbye Paradise'; AFI [Aus] Award nom [1984] for 'Silver City'; ACS 'Milli' Award 'Australian Cinematographer of the Year' [1985]; 'Oscar' AA nom [1986] and BAFTA Film Award nom [1986] for 'Witness'; 'Oscar' AA nom [1989] and ASC Award nom [1989] for 'Rain Man'; BAFTA Film Award nom [1990; shared] for 'Gorillas in the Mist'; BSFC Award [1996], 'Oscar' AA [1997], ASC Award [1997], BAFTA Film Award [1997], BSC Award nom [1997], CFCA Award [1997] and European Film Award [1997] for 'The English Patient'; ACS 'Hall of Fame' Award [1997]; Kodak Vision Award [1997]; BAFTA Film Award nom [2000] and CFCA Award nom [2000] for 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'; Australia Day Honour [2002] for 'Service to the arts as an Australian and internationally acclaimed cinematographer'; etc.

 

FILMS AS CINEMATOGRAPHER

 

1976        Deathcheaters [Brian Trenchard-Smith] 35bu/c

1978        Cries from a Cold Aquarium [Howard Rubie] c; short/45m

1979        Heart, Head & Hand [: Peter Rushford, Potter] [Peter Weir] b&w/c; doc/25m

1978        Stunt Rock [Brian Trenchard-Smith] tao/c; co-2uc Australia; ph: Robert Primes & Bob Carras

1980        Fatty Finn [Maurice Murphy] c; 2uc: Tony Wilson

1980        The Dangerous Summer [Brian Trenchard-Smith] c; doc/23m

1980        The Survivor [David Hemmings] p/c

1981        Horror Movie [Maurice Murphy] ?

1981        Doctors and Nurses [Maurice Murphy] c

1981        Goose Flesh [Maurice Murphy] ?

1981        Accident: Based on a Real Life Story & Buying Blues: Based on a Real Life Story [Keith Gow] 

                    c; doc/30m

1982        The Year of Living Dangerously [Peter Weir] p/c; 2uc; ph: Russell Boyd

1982        Ginger Meggs [Jonathan Dawson] c

1982        Fighting Back/Death Vengeance [Michael Caulfield] c

1983        Goodbye Paradise [Carl Schultz] c

1983        Careful, He Might Hear You [Carl Schultz] p/c

1983        BMX Bandits/Short Wave [Brian Trenchard-Smith] p/c; addph: Louis Irving & Ross Berryman

1984        Silver City [Sophia Turkiewicz] p/c; 2nd ph: Judy Rymer

1985        Witness [Peter Weir] c; 2uc: Chuck Clifton

1985        The Empty Beach [Chris Thomson] c

1985        The Hitcher [Robert Harmon] p/c; 2uc: Charles Minsky; aph: Jack Cooperman

1986        The Mosquito Coast [Peter Weir] c; 2uc: David Burr

1986        Children of a Lesser God [Randa Haines] c; 2uc: Fred Guthe

1987        Stakeout [John Badham] c; 2uc: Peter McLennan

1987        Gorillas in the Mist [: The Story of Dian Fossey] [Michael Apted] c; 2uc: Simon Trevor; sfx ph:

                    Robin Browne; spph: Bob Campbell; special gorilla ph Zaire: Alan Root

1988        Rain Man [Barry Levinson] c

1988        Dead Poets Society [Peter Weir] c

1991        The Doctor [Randa Haines] c

1992        Lorenzo's Oil [George Miller] c

1992        The Firm [Sydney Pollack] c; uwph: Pete Romano

1993        The Paper [Ron Howard] c

1994        Beyond Rangoon [John Boorman] p/c; 2uc: David Burr

1995        The American President [Rob Reiner] p/c

1995        The English Patient [Anthony Minghella] c; 2uc: Remi Adefarasin

1996        Ghosts of Mississippi/Ghosts from the Past [Rob Reiner] p/c

1997        City of Angels [Brad Silberling] p/c; addph: Kenneth Zunder

1998        At First Sight [Irwin Winkler] c

1998        The Talented Mr. Ripley [Anthony Minghella] c; New York ph: Benoît Delhomme

1998        Static [Derin Seale] c; short/12m

1999        The Perfect Storm [Wolfgang Petersen] p/c; 2uc: Walt Lloyd; uwph: Gary Capo

2000        Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's [Philosopher's] Stone [Chris Columbus] s35/c; 2uc: Gavin

                    Finney; model unit ph: Nigel Stone

2002        Dreamcatcher [Lawrence Kasdan] c; 2uc: Roger Vernon

2003        Cold Mountain [Anthony Minghella] c

 

 

TELEVISION

 

1985        Winners: Top Kid [Carl Schultz] tvm

1987        Drive, She Said [?] ?

1987        Get a Job [?] ?

 

 

FILMS AS CAMERA OPERATOR

 

1970        Nickel Queen [John McCallum] ph: John Williams

1973        Alvin Purple [Tim Burstall] ph: Robin Copping

1975        Picnic at Hanging Rock [Peter Weir] ph: Russell Boyd

1975        Born to Run/Ride a Wild Pony [Don Chaffey; tvm] ph: Geoffrey Burton

1975        Caddie [Donald Crombie] ph: Peter James

1975        Mad Dog Morgan [Philippe Mora] ph: Mike Molloy

1976        Break of Day [Ken Hannam] ph: Russell Boyd

1977        The Last Wave [Peter Weir] ph: Russell Boyd

1977        The Irishman [Donald Crombie] ph: Peter James

1977        Weekend of Shadows [Tom Jeffrey] ph: Richard Wallace

1977        Dawn! [Ken Hannam] ph: Russell Boyd

1978        Blue Fin [Carl Schultz] ph: Geoffrey Burton

1978        The Odd Angry Shot [Tom Jeffrey] ph: Don McAlpine

1980        Gallipoli [Peter Weir] ph: Russell Boyd

 

 

FILMS AS DIRECTOR

 

1989        Till There Was You [John Seale] ph: Robert Primes & Geoffrey Simpson