Dion Beebe A.C.S. A.S.C. ( ; born 18 May 1968) is an Australian–South African cinematographer.
He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).
Early life and education Originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, his family moved to Cape Town, South Africa, in 1972.
Beebe studied cinematography at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School from 1987 to 1989, where he met his future wife Unjoo Moon.
Career Beebe has a working collaboration with director Rob Marshall, receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Chicago (2002), while winning the award for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).
Known for the use of stylized, highly saturated colour palettes, as well as experimental uses of digital video, Beebe won the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Michael Mann's film Collateral (2004), which he shares the credit with Paul Cameron.
Beebe is a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). He was inducted into the ACS' Hall of Fame at the National Awards in 2020. He is also a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors.
Filmography
Feature film Year Title Director Notes 1992 Crush Alison Maclean 1995 Vacant Possession Margot Nash1996 What I Have Written John Hughes Floating Life Clara Law1998 Memory & Desire Niki Caro Praise John Curran 1999 Holy Smoke! Jane Campion Also camera operator2000 Forever Lulu John Kaye The Goddess of 1967 Clara Law 2001 Charlotte Gray Gillian Armstrong2002 Chicago Rob Marshall 1st collaboration with Marshall Equilibrium Kurt Wimmer 2003 In the Cut Jane Campion 2004 Collateral Michael Mann With Paul Cameron 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha Rob Marshall 2006 Miami Vice Michael Mann 2007 Rendition Gavin Hood2009 Land of the Lost Brad Silberling Nine Rob Marshall 2011 Green Lantern Martin Campbell 2013 Gangster Squad Ruben Fleischer2014 Edge of Tomorrow Doug Liman Into the Woods Rob Marshall 2016 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Michael Bay 2017 The Snowman Tomas Alfredson 2018 Mary Poppins Returns Rob Marshall2019 I Am Woman Unjoo Moon Gemini Man Ang Lee 2023 The Little Mermaid Rob Marshall 2026 Michael Antoine Fuqua
Documentary film Year Title Director 1993 The Journey Christopher Tuckfield 1994 Eternity Lawrence Johnston 2012 The Zen of Bennett Unjoo Moon
Television Year Title Director Notes 1998 My Own Country Mira Nair TV movie 1999 Century of Cinema George Miller Segment 40,000 Years of Dreaming 2006 Tony Bennett: An American Classic Rob Marshall TV special
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result Ref. 2002Academy AwardsBest Cinematography Chicago 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha 2002BAFTA AwardsBest Cinematography Chicago 2004 Collateral 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha 2004American Society of CinematographersOutstanding Cinematography Collateral 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha 2009 Nine 2005Satellite AwardsBest Cinematography Memoirs of a Geisha 2009 Nine 2005St. Louis Gateway Film Critics AssociationBest Cinematography Memoirs of a Geisha 2009 Nine
Other awards Year Award Category Title Result2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best CinematographyCollateral National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Cinematography Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Cinematography 2009 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best CinematographyNine Houston Film Critics Society Awards Best Cinematography
+Key Shared award/nomination with Paul Cameron
References
External links
did that Oscar get there? interview with Dion Beebe in the Sydney Morning Herald (24 June 2006)