John Seale

{{About|Australian cinematographer|the British venereologist|John R. Seale|the British politician|Sir John Henry Seale, 1st Baronet}}

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| name = John Seale

| honorific_suffix = ACS ASC

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| birthname = John Clement Seale

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Warwick, Queensland, Australia

| yearsactive = 1966–2022

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| title = ACS ASC

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John Clement Seale {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|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.

Early life

Seale was born in Warwick, Queensland, Australia, to Marjorie Lyndon (née Pool) and Eric Clement Seale.[http://www.filmreference.com/film/50/John-Seale.html John Seale Biography (1942–)]. Filmreference.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-01.

Career

Seale started his career collaborating with director Peter Weir, both as 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.

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;{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter.htm | title=Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | publisher=Box Office Mojo | access-date=20 August 2013}} Rain Man, which grossed US$354 million;{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rainman.htm | title=Rain Man | publisher=Box Office Mojo | access-date=20 August 2013}} Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which grossed US$335 million;{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=princeofpersia.htm | title=Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | publisher=Box Office Mojo | access-date=20 August 2013}} The Perfect Storm, which grossed US$328 million;{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=perfectstorm.htm | title=The Perfect Storm | publisher=Box Office Mojo | access-date=20 August 2013}} and The Tourist, which grossed US$278 million.{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tourist.htm | title=The Tourist | publisher=Box Office Mojo | access-date=20 August 2013}}{{cite web | url=https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0005868/filmobudget | title=Filmography- John Seale | publisher=IMDb Pro | access-date=20 August 2013}}

He came out of retirement in 2012 to shoot Mad Max: Fury Road, for which he received another Academy Award nomination.{{cite web|last1=Radish|first1=Christina|title=MAD MAX: FURY ROAD: 18 Things to Know about the Making of George Miller's Epic|url=https://collider.com/mad-max-fury-road-18-things-to-know/|website=Collider|publisher=Complex|access-date=20 May 2015|date=1 May 2015}}

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".{{Cite web|title=John Clement Seale|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1132320|access-date=2020-07-25|website=Australian Honours Search Facility, Dept of Prime Minister and Cabinet}}

Filmography

= Film =

Director

Till There Was You (1991)

Cinematographer

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes
1976 \| Deathcheaters \| Brian Trenchard-Smith \|
1980 \| Fatty Finn \|rowspan=2\|Maurice Murphy \|
rowspan=2\|1981 \| Doctors and Nurses \|
The Survivor \| David Hemmings \|
rowspan=2\|1982 \| Ginger Meggs \| Jonathan Dawson \|
Fighting Back \| Michael Caulfield \|
rowspan=3\|1983 \| Goodbye Paradise \| Carl Schultz \|
BMX Bandits \| Brian Trenchard-Smith \|
Careful, He Might Hear You \| Carl Schultz \|
1984 \| Silver City \| Sophia Turkiewicz \|
1985 \| Witness \| Peter Weir \|
rowspan=3\|1986 \| The Hitcher \| Robert Harmon \|
Children of a Lesser God \| Randa Haines \|
The Mosquito Coast \| Peter Weir \|
1987 \| Stakeout \| John Badham \|
rowspan=2\|1988 \| Gorillas in the Mist \| Michael Apted \|
Rain Man \| Barry Levinson \|
1989 \| Dead Poets Society \| Peter Weir \|
1991 \| The Doctor \| Randa Haines \|
1992 \| Lorenzo's Oil \| George Miller \|
1993 \| The Firm \| Sydney Pollack \|
1994 \| The Paper \| Ron Howard \|
rowspan=2\|1995 \| Beyond Rangoon \| John Boorman \|
The American President \| Rob Reiner \|
rowspan=2\|1996 \| The English Patient \| Anthony Minghella \|
Ghosts of Mississippi \| Rob Reiner \|
1998 \| City of Angels \| Brad Silberling \|
rowspan=2\|1999 \| At First Sight \| Irwin Winkler \|
The Talented Mr. Ripley \| Anthony Minghella \|
2000 \| The Perfect Storm \| Wolfgang Petersen \|
2001 \| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone \| Chris Columbus \|
rowspan=2\|2003 \| Dreamcatcher \| Lawrence Kasdan \|
Cold Mountain \| Anthony Minghella \|
2004 \| Spanglish \| James L. Brooks \|
2006 \| Poseidon \| Wolfgang Petersen \|
rowspan=2\|2010 \| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time \| Mike Newell \|
The Tourist \| Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck \|
2015 \| Mad Max: Fury Road \|rowspan=2\|George Miller \|
2022 \| Three Thousand Years of Longing \|

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

1976

| Deathcheaters

| Brian Trenchard-Smith

1980

| Fatty Finn

|rowspan=2|Maurice Murphy

rowspan=2|1981

| Doctors and Nurses

The Survivor

| David Hemmings

rowspan=2|1982

| Ginger Meggs

Fighting Back

rowspan=3|1983

BMX Bandits

| Brian Trenchard-Smith

Careful, He Might Hear You

| Carl Schultz

1984

| Silver City

| Sophia Turkiewicz

1985

| Witness

| Peter Weir

rowspan=3|1986

| The Hitcher

| Robert Harmon

Children of a Lesser God

| Randa Haines

The Mosquito Coast

| Peter Weir

1987

| Stakeout

| John Badham

rowspan=2|1988

| Gorillas in the Mist

| Michael Apted

Rain Man

| Barry Levinson

1989

| Dead Poets Society

| Peter Weir

1991

| The Doctor

| Randa Haines

1992

| Lorenzo's Oil

| George Miller

1993

| The Firm

| Sydney Pollack

1994

| The Paper

| Ron Howard

rowspan=2|1995

| Beyond Rangoon

| John Boorman

The American President

| Rob Reiner

rowspan=2|1996

| The English Patient

| Anthony Minghella

Ghosts of Mississippi

| Rob Reiner

1998

| City of Angels

| Brad Silberling

rowspan=2|1999

| At First Sight

| Irwin Winkler

The Talented Mr. Ripley

| Anthony Minghella

2000

| The Perfect Storm

| Wolfgang Petersen

2001

| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

| Chris Columbus

rowspan=2|2003

| Dreamcatcher

| Lawrence Kasdan

Cold Mountain

| Anthony Minghella

2004

| Spanglish

| James L. Brooks

2006

| Poseidon

| Wolfgang Petersen

rowspan=2|2010

| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

| Mike Newell

The Tourist

| Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

|rowspan=2|George Miller

2022

| Three Thousand Years of Longing

= Television =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Director

!Notes

1979

| New South Wales Images

| Russell Boyd

| Documentary film

1985

| Winners

| Carl Schultz

| Episode "Top Kid"

Awards and nominations

=== Major awards ===

Academy Awards

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1985 \|rowspan=5\|Best Cinematography \| Witness \| {{nom}}
1988 \| Rain Man \| {{nom}}
1996 \| The English Patient \| {{won}}
2003 \| Cold Mountain \| {{nom}}
2015 \| Mad Max: Fury Road \| {{nom}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1985

|rowspan=5|Best Cinematography

| Witness

| {{nom}}

1988

| Rain Man

| {{nom}}

1996

| The English Patient

| {{won}}

2003

| Cold Mountain

| {{nom}}

2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

| {{nom}}

BAFTA Awards

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1985

|rowspan=6|Best Cinematography

| Witness

| {{nom}}

1988

| Gorillas in the Mist

| {{nom}}

1996

| The English Patient

| {{won}}

1999

| The Talented Mr. Ripley

| {{nom}}

2003

| Cold Mountain

| {{nom}}

2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

| {{nom}}

American Society of Cinematographers

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1988

|rowspan=4|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

| Rain Man

| {{nom}}

1996

| The English Patient

| {{won}}

2000

| The Perfect Storm

| {{nom}}

2000

| Cold Mountain

| {{nom}}

2011

|colspan=2|International Award

| {{won}}

2015

| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

| Mad Max: Fury Road

| {{nom}}

= Miscellaneous awards=

British Society of Cinematographers

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1985 \|rowspan=5\|Best Cinematography \| Witness \| {{nom}}
1988 \| Dead Poets Society \| {{nom}}
1996 \| The English Patient \|{{nom}}
2003 \| Cold Mountain \| {{nom}}
2015 \| Mad Max: Fury Road \| {{nom}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1985

|rowspan=5|Best Cinematography

| Witness

| {{nom}}

1988

| Dead Poets Society

| {{nom}}

1996

| The English Patient

|{{nom}}

2003

| Cold Mountain

| {{nom}}

2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

| {{nom}}

Satellite Awards

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1996 \|rowspan=3\|Best Cinematography \| The English Patient \| {{won}}
1999 \| The Talented Mr. Ripley \| {{nom}}
2015 \| Mad Max: Fury Road \| {{won}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1996

|rowspan=3|Best Cinematography

| The English Patient

| {{won}}

1999

| The Talented Mr. Ripley

| {{nom}}

2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

| {{won}}

Chicago Film Critics Association

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1996 \|rowspan=4\|Best Cinematography \| The English Patient \| {{won}}
1999 \| The Talented Mr. Ripley \| {{won}}
2003 \| Cold Mountain \| {{nom}}
2015 \| Mad Max: Fury Road \| {{won}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1996

|rowspan=4|Best Cinematography

| The English Patient

| {{won}}

1999

| The Talented Mr. Ripley

| {{won}}

2003

| Cold Mountain

| {{nom}}

2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

| {{won}}

Boston Society of Film Critics

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1996 \|rowspan=3\|Best Cinematography \| The English Patient \| {{won}}
1999 \| The Talented Mr. Ripley \| {{won}}
2003 \| Cold Mountain \| {{nom}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1996

|rowspan=3|Best Cinematography

| The English Patient

| {{won}}

1999

| The Talented Mr. Ripley

| {{won}}

2003

| Cold Mountain

| {{nom}}

Australian Film Institute

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1981 \|rowspan=3\|Best Achievement in Cinematography \| The Survivor \| {{nom}}
1983 \| Careful, He Might Hear You \| {{won}}
1984 \| Silver City \| {{nom}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1981

|rowspan=3|Best Achievement in Cinematography

| The Survivor

| {{nom}}

1983

| Careful, He Might Hear You

| {{won}}

1984

| Silver City

| {{nom}}

Australian Cinematographers Society

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1983 \|rowspan=2\| Cinematography of the Year \| Goodbye Paradise \| {{won}}
1985 \| Witness \| {{won}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1983

|rowspan=2| Cinematography of the Year

| Goodbye Paradise

| {{won}}

1985

| Witness

| {{won}}

National Society of Film Critics

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1996 \|rowspan=2\|Best Cinematography \| The English Patient \| {{won}}
2015 \| Mad Max: Fury Road \| {{won}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1996

|rowspan=2|Best Cinematography

| The English Patient

| {{won}}

2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

| {{won}}

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1996 \|rowspan=2\|Best Cinematography \| The English Patient \| {{won}}
2015 \| Mad Max: Fury Road \| {{won}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1996

|rowspan=2|Best Cinematography

| The English Patient

| {{won}}

2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

| {{won}}

Florida Film Critics Circle

class="wikitable"
Year ! Category ! Title ! Result
1996 \|rowspan=2\|Best Cinematography \| The English Patient \| {{won}}
2015 \| Mad Max: Fury Road \|{{won}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Category

! Title

! Result

1996

|rowspan=2|Best Cinematography

| The English Patient

| {{won}}

2015

| Mad Max: Fury Road

|{{won}}

=Other awards=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Association ! Category ! Title ! Result
rowspan=2\|1996 \| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association \| Best Cinematography \|rowspan=2\|The English Patient \| {{won}}
European Film Award \| Best Cinematography \| {{won}}
1997 \| Brisbane International Film Festival \|colspan=2\|Chauvel Award \| {{won}}
rowspan=13\|2015 \| AACTA Awards \| Best Cinematography \|rowspan=13\|Mad Max: Fury Road \| {{won}}
Australian Film Critics Association \| Best Cinematography \| {{won}}
Santa Barbara International Film Festival \| Artisan Award \| {{won}}
New York Film Critics Circle \| Best Cinematographer \| {{won}}
Film Critics Circle of Australia \| Best Cinematography \| {{won}}
Online Film Critics Society \| Best Cinematography \| {{won}}
African-American Film Critics Association \| Best Cinematography \| {{won}}
Austin Film Critics Association \| Best Cinematography \| {{nom}}
Broadcast Film Critics Association \| Best Cinematography \| {{nom}}
Houston Film Critics Society \| Best Cinematography \| {{nom}}
London Film Critics' Circle \| Technical Achievement of the Year \| {{nom}}
Camerimage International Film Festival \| Golden Frog Award \| {{nom}}
Santa Barbara International Film Festival \| Artisan Award in Cinematography \| {{won}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Association

! Category

! Title

! Result

rowspan=2|1996

| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association

| Best Cinematography

|rowspan=2|The English Patient

| {{won}}

European Film Award