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John Seale Biography (1942-)

Full name, John Clement Seale; born October 5, 1942, in Warwick, Queensland,Australia; son of Eric Clement and Marjorie Lyndon (maiden name, Pool) Seale;married Louise Lee Mutton, September 23, 1967; children: Derin, Anthony, Brianna Lee.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Cinematographer

Birth Details

October 5, 1942

Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Cinematographer
• Alvin Purple, Roadshow, 1974
• Deathcheaters, Roadshow, 1976
• Fatty Finn, Hoyt's, 1980
• The Survivor, Giannine, 1981
• Horror Movie, 1981
• Goose Flesh, 1981
• Doctors and Nurses, 1981
• Ginger Meggs, 1982
• Goodbye Paradise, 1983
• Fighting Back, Enterprise, 1983
• BMX Bandits (also known as Short Wave), Nilsen Premiere, 1983
• Careful, He Might Hear You, T.L.C./Fox, 1984
• The Empty Beach, Jethro, 1985
• Silver City, Goldwyn, 1985
• Witness, Paramount, 1985
• Children of a Lesser God, Paramount, 1986
• The Hitcher, TriStar, 1986
• The Mosquito Coast, Warner Bros., 1986
• Stakeout, Buena Vista, 1987
• (With Alan Root) Gorillas in the Mist, Universal, 1988
• Rain Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
• Dead Poets Society, Buena Vista, 1989
• The Doctor, Buena Vista, 1991
• Lorenzo's Oil, Universal, 1992
• The Firm, Paramount, 1993
• The Paper, Universal, 1994
• Beyond Rangoon, Columbia, 1995
• The American President, Columbia/Turner Entertainment, 1995
• The English Patient, Miramax, 1996
• Ghosts of Mississippi (also known as Ghosts from the Past),Columbia, 1996
• City of Angels (also known as Stadt der Engel), Warner Bros., 1998
• Static, 1998
• At First Sight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (also known as The Mysterious YearningSecretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley), Paramount, 1999
• The Perfect Storm, Warner Bros., 2000
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), Warner Bros., 2001
• Film Camera Operator
• Alvin Purple, Roadshow, 1974
• Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975
• Mad Dog Morgan (also known as Mad Dog), 1976
• Caddie, 1976
• The Last Wave, 1977
• Break of Day, 1977
• The Irishman, 1978
• Weekend of Shadows, 1978
• The Odd Angry Shot, 1979
• Dawn!, 1979
• Fatty Finn, Hoyt's, 1980
• The Survivor, Giannine, 1981
• Horror Movie, 1981
• Goose Flesh, 1981
• Doctors and Nurses, 1981
• Gallipoli, 1981
• The Empty Beach, Jethro, 1985
• The Empty Beach, Jethro, 1985
• The Mosquito Coast, Warner Bros., 1986
• Beyond Rangoon, Columbia, 1995
• The English Patient, Miramax, 1996
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (also known as The Mysterious YearningSecretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley), Paramount, 1999
• Film Work
• Other
• Unit camera operator, Stunt Rock, 1978
• Unit photographer, By Design, BDF/Alpha, 1981
• Unit photographer, The Year of Living Dangerously, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1982
• Director, Till There Was You, 1990
• Assistant camera operator, Impolite, 1993
• Assistant camera operator, Underworld, Trimark Pictures, 1997
• Assistant camera operator, Hardball (also known as Bounty Hunters II and Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball), Buena Vista Home Video, 1997
• Television Cinematographer
• Episodic
• "Drive, She Said," Trying Times, PBS, 1987
• "Get a Job," Trying Times, PBS, 1987
• Television Work
• Other
• Camera operator, Born to Run, 1979
• Cinematographer, Winners: Top Kid, 1985 then as an episode of Wonderworks, PBS, 1987