Dion Beebe

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

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

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