John Clement Seale ACS ASC (born 5 October 1942) is an Australian cinematographer. He won an Oscar for his work in the 1996 film The English Patient, in addition to a BAFTA and Satellite Award. He is a member of both the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Life and career Seale was born in Warwick, Queensland, Australia, to Marjorie Lyndon (née Pool) and Eric Clement Seale. 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; Rain Man, which grossed US$354 million; Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which grossed US$335 million; The Perfect Storm, which grossed US$328 million; and The Tourist, which grossed US$278 million. He came out of retirement in 2012 to shoot Mad Max: Fury Road, for which he received another Academy Award nomination. 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". Filmography Awards and nominations Academy Awards British Academy of Film & Television (BAFTA) Awards American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards Other awards Satellite Awards European Film Awards Brisbane International Film Festival The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage Santa Barbara International Film Festival British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) Awards Australian Cinematographers Society Australian Film Institute References External links 1942 births Australian cinematographers Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners Best Cinematography BAFTA Award winners European Film Award for Best Cinematographer winners Living people People from Warwick, Queensland Members of the Order of Australia