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Dion Beebe A.C.S. A.S.C. (/ˈdiːɒn ˈbiːbi/ DEE-on BEE-bee;^[1] born 18 May 1968) is an Australian–South African cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), with a previous nomination for Chicago (2002). His also a two-time BAFTA Award winner, for Memoirs of a Geisha and Collateral (2004).

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, where he met his future wife Unjoo Moon.^[2]

Beebe was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for his work on Rob Marshall‘s Chicago,^[3] 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 digital video on Michael Mann‘s Collateral (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Cinematography) and Miami Vice.

He is 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.^[4] He is also a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Board of Governors.^[5]

• Dion Beebe at IMDb
• How did that Oscar get there? interview with Dion Beebe in the Sydney Morning Herald (24 June 2006)