Dion Beebe


Dion Beebe A.C.S. A.S.C. is an Australian-South African cinematographer. Originally from Brisbane, Queensland, 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 high-speed digital video on Michael Mann's Collateral and Miami Vice. He is also a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society and the American Society of Cinematographers. Dion was inducted into the Australian Cinematography Society's Hall of Fame at the National Awards on the 16th May 2020.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1992CrushAlison Maclean
1995Vacant PossessionMargot Nash
1996What I Have WrittenJohn Hughes
1996Floating LifeClara Law
1998My Own CountryMira Nair
1998PraiseJohn Curran
1999Holy Smoke!Jane Campion
2000Forever LuluJohn Kaye
2000The Goddess of 1967Clara Law
2001Charlotte GrayGillian Armstrong
2002ChicagoRob MarshallNominated – Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
2002EquilibriumKurt Wimmer
2003In the CutJane Campion
2004CollateralMichael MannCo-cinematographer with Paul Cameron
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Cinematography
Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
2005Memoirs of a GeishaRob MarshallAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Cinematography
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
2006Miami ViceMichael Mann
2007RenditionGavin Hood
2009Land of the LostBrad Silberling
2009NineRob MarshallSatellite Award for Best Cinematography
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Cinematography
Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
2011Green LanternMartin Campbell
2013Gangster SquadRuben Fleischer
2014Edge of TomorrowDoug Liman
2014Into the WoodsRob Marshall
2016Michael Bay
2017The SnowmanTomas Alfredson
2018Mary Poppins ReturnsRob Marshall
2019I Am WomanUnjoo Moon
2019Gemini ManAng Lee