Dion Beebe
Dion Beebe | |
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Born |
1968 (age 47–48) |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 1992–present |
Awards |
Academy Award for Best Cinematography BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Memoirs of a Geisha 2005 |
Dion Beebe A.C.S. A.S.C. (/ˈdiːɒn ˈbiːbi/ DEE-ahn BEE-be;[1][2] born 1968) is an Australian cinematographer. Originally from Brisbane, Australia, his family moved to Cape Town, South Africa in 1972. Dion studied cinematography at the Australian Film Television and Radio School from 1987 to 1989.
Beebe was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA for his work on Rob Marshall's Chicago, and won the 2006 Academy Award for his work on the director's later Memoirs of a Geisha. He is known for his use of stylized, highly-saturated colour palettes and for his experimental use of [3][4] high-speed digital video on Michael Mann's Collateral (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Cinematography) and Miami Vice. He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
Filmography
- Crush (1992)
- Vacant Possession (1995)
- What I Have Written (1996)
- Floating Life (1996)
- 40,000 Years of Dreaming (1997)
- Forever Lulu (1997)
- Memory & Desire (1998)
- Praise (1998)
- Holy Smoke! (1999)
- The Goddess of 1967 (2000)
- Charlotte Gray (2001)
- Equilibrium (2002)
- Chicago (2002)
- In the Cut (2003)
- Collateral (2004) with Paul Cameron
- Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
- Miami Vice (2006)
- Rendition (2007)
- Nine (2009)
- Land of the Lost (2009)
- Green Lantern (2011)
- Gangster Squad (2013)
- Into the Woods (2014)
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
- 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
- The Snowman (2017)
References
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dion-beebe-meet-the-filmmaker/id538017693
- ↑ http://inogolo.com/query.php?qstr=dion&search=Search+Names
- ↑ Frazer, Bryant (1 August 2004). "How DP Dion Beebe adapted to HD for Michael Mann's Collateral". studiodaily. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ Goldman, Michael (1 August 2006). "Digital Vision". Retrieved 28 November 2011.
External links
- Dion Beebe at the Internet Movie Database
- How did that Oscar get there? interview with Dion Beebe in the Sydney Morning Herald (24 June 2006)