Dion Beebe

Dion Beebe

  • Birthday: 1968-05-18
  • Place of birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Biography

Dion Beebe A.C.S. A.S.C. (/ˈdiːɒn ˈbiːbi/ DEE-on BEE-bee; born 18 May 1968) 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.[citation needed] Beebe was nominated for an Academy Award and a 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 (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). Dion was inducted into the ACS' Hall of Fame at the National Awards on 16 May 2020.

Filmography

Side by Side

2012

As Self

Production

Miami Vice

2006

As Director of Photography

Collateral

2004

As Director of Photography

Chicago

2002

As Director of Photography

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005

As Director of Photography

In the Cut

2003

As Director of Photography

Rendition

2007

As Director of Photography

Charlotte Gray

2001

As Director of Photography

Green Lantern

2011

As Director of Photography

Land of the Lost

2009

As Director of Photography

Gangster Squad

2013

As Director of Photography

Edge of Tomorrow

2014

As Director of Photography

The Zen of Bennett

2012

As Director of Photography

My Own Country

1998

As Director of Photography

Holy Smoke

1999

As Director of Photography

Equilibrium

2002

As Director of Photography

Into the Woods

2014

As Director of Photography

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

2016

As Director of Photography

The Goddess of 1967

2000

As Director of Photography

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

As Director of Photography

Gemini Man

2019

As Director of Photography

I Am Woman

2020

As Director of Photography

The Snowman

2017

As Director of Photography

Crush

1992

As Director of Photography

Down Rusty Down

1997

As Director of Photography

Vacant Possession

1995

As Director of Photography

40,000 Years of Dreaming

1997

As Director of Photography

Praise

1999

As Director of Photography

The Little Mermaid

2023

As Director of Photography

Memory & Desire

1998

As Director of Photography

Forever Lulu

2000

As Director of Photography

Floating Life

1996

As Director of Photography

The Legend of Red Hand

2018

As Director of Photography

Nine

2009

As Director of Photography

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

2006

As Director of Photography

Michael

2025

As Director of Photography

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