John Seal has appeared in American films and TV series as a cameraman and director. He made his debut as an assistant cameraman in 1976. He gained international fame after Peter Weir's film "The Witness" (1985), which he shot, and subsequently shot several more films with this director.
John Clement Seal was born on October 5, 1942 in a small town in the southeastern Australian state of Queensland - Warwick (Australia). In addition to Australia, he worked mainly in the United States of America.
Career
The renowned John Seal began his professional career in 1963 on ABC-TV as an Assistant to the Chief Cinematographer. (American Broadcasting Company, ABC is an American commercial television network that was established in 1943. The channel is one of the big three in the United States, and its programs have become an integral part of the country's pop culture). John Seal has taken part in the filming of documentaries, TV series, commercials. In 1970 he moved to the Fauna Products company, where he worked as an assistant operator on the set of the Barrier Reef series and the movie The Queen of Nickel.
In 1976 he made his debut as a director of photography on the set of The Death Cheater. The first films and TV shows with the participation of the operator: "Fat Finn" (one thousand nine hundred and eightieth year) and "The Survivor" (one thousand nine hundred and eighty-one).
In 1984, at the invitation of director Peter Weir, he moved to the United States to shoot The Witness. This marked the beginning of John Seale's international career.
Among the films, TV shows and operator programs that are worth watching are: "The Rain Man" (one thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight), The Society of Dead Poets (one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine) and Lorenzo's Oil (one one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two).
The latest projects and films to date with cameraman John Seal are Mad Max: Fury Road (two thousand fifteen), The Tourist (two thousand and ten) and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (two thousand and ten).
Filmography of the operator
John Seal preferred the following genres: drama, melodrama, thriller. The list of TV and film projects in which the cameraman John Seal took part contains about forty-seven works, in which he showed the creativity of the operator - forty works, the actor (plays himself) - ten works, the director - one job.
Participation in films
- 1992 HBO: First Look (USA, documentary)
- 2016 88th Academy Awards
- 2009 "Australians Conquer Hollywood"
- 2009 "The Making of the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins"
- 2008 "Not Quite Hollywood: The Stunning, Untold Story of Australian Exploitative Cinema"
- 2006 "Poseidon: Ship on the Sound Stage" short film
- 2006 "Style of the cameraman"
- 2004 "Climbing" Cold Mountain"
- 2004 76th Academy Awards
- 1997 69th Academy Awards
Producer
1990 "Until You Were There" (USA)
Operator
- 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road (Australia);
- 2010 "Tourist" (USA, France);
- 2009 "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (USA);
- 2006 Poseidon (USA);
- 2004 "Spanish English" (USA);
- 2003 Cold Mountain (USA);
- 2003 "Dreamcatcher" (USA, Canada);
- 2001 "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (USA);
- 2000 "The Perfect Storm" (USA, Germany);
- 1999 "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (USA);
- 1999 At First Sight (USA);
- 1998 "City of Angels" (Germany, USA);
- 1996 "Ghosts of the Mississippi" (USA);
- 1996 "The English Patient" (USA);
- 1995 "Beyond Rangoon" (UK, USA);
- 1995 "American President" (USA);
- 1994 Gazeta (USA);
- 1993 "Firm" (USA);
- 1992 "Lorenzo's Oil" (USA);
- 1991 "Doctor" (USA);
- 1989 Dead Poets Society (USA);
- 1988 Rain Man (USA);
- 1988 Gorillas in the Fog (USA);
- 1987 "Surveillance" (USA);
- 1986 Children of Silence (USA);
- 1986 Mosquito Coast (USA);
- 1985 Witness (USA);
- 1985 "The Hitcher" (USA);
- 1984 Silver City (Australia);
- 1983 Hush, He Can Hear (Australia);
- 1983 Farewell Paradise (Australia);
- 1983 "BMX Bandits" (Australia);
- 1982 "Ginger Meggs" (Australia);
- 1981 Survivor (Australia);
- 1980 "Fat Finn" (Australia);
- 1976 Death Deceived (Australia).
Awards and prizes
In 1982 and 1984 he was awarded the prestigious Australian Film Society Award as Cinematographer of the Year.
Oscar (1996): Best Cinematography for The English Patient.
Oscar nomination: 1985 - Best Cinematography for The Witness. 1988 - Best Cinematographer for Rain Man. 2003 - Best Cinematography for the film "Cold Mountain". 2015 - Best Cinematography for Mad Max: Fury Road.
BAFTA Award (1996): Best Cinematography for The English Patient.
BAFTA nomination: 1985 - Best Cinematography for Witness. 1989 - Best Cinematography for Gorillas in the Fog. 1999 - Best Cinematography for The Talented Mr. Ripley. 2003 - Best Cinematography for the film "Cold Mountain". 2015 - Best Cinematography for Mad Max: Fury Road.
Academy of Europe (1997): Best Cinematography for The English Patient.
Sputnik Award (1996): Best Cinematography for The English Patient.
In 1998 he received an honorary Ph. D. from Griffith University (Queensland, Australia).
Personal life
John Seale's wife is Louise Seale, with whom she has two children.
