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gler) in the Australian Outback that ultimately propelled him into filmmaking. His primary responsibilities on the 30,000-acre sheep station were maintaining the property and taking care of 8,000 sheep. Although he was an active outdoorsman, having surfed and sailed, he had never ridden a horse. “I lost count of the number of times I was bucked off,” he laughs. “The horses were only ridden during mustering and shearing and ran free the rest of the time, so they were fairly wild. You pretty much had to break them every time you wanted to put a saddle on them, and they were always trying to bite you.” After 18 months, 19-year-old Seale realized he didn’t want to spend his life as a jackeroo. He had been recording his experiences with an 8mm movie camera, and it occurred to him that “it would be great to have a camera and travel around the world filming places few people have ever been.” Through a family friend, he met a cameraman at the Australian Broadcasting Corp. in Sydney. It was the early 1960s, and Australian television was in its infancy. “Bill Grimmond [ACS] took me through the camera department and gave me a non-blimped [16mm] Arri ST to hold, and right then and there, I fell in love with it.” There were no film schools back then. “You just sort of fell into it,” says Seale. It took more than a year for him to land a position at the ABC, and when he did, it was in office supplies. Once in, however, he immediately began applying for other jobs within the company. “When I’m asked for advice on how to get into the business, I say, ‘Ring somebody who can give you a job every week until they finally throw their hands up in the air and give in,” says Seale. In his case, he called Bert Nicholas, ACS, an early pioneer in Australian cinema who had been brought in to head the ABC camera department. “I’d ring him every week. Ten months later, I was hired as a driver for the camera truck, which also entailed running sound for the news crews.” Eventually promoted to assistant,
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Top to bottom: Seale (pointing) works alongside director Robert Harmon on The Hitcher (1986); actor Harrison Ford chats with Seale on location for Peter Weir’s The Mosquito Coast (1986); Seale lines up a shot as Weir (right) frames up the scene for Mosquito Coast novelist Paul Theroux.
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Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: God of Love
Production Slate: The Way Back • The Last Lions
Masked Men
Total Immersion
Behind the Music
A Cinematic Passport
Post Focus: MTI Films
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoriam: Robert Steadman, ASC
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Barry Markowitz
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - Cover2
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - Contents
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - Short Takes: God of Love
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - Production Slate: The Way Back • The Last Lions
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - Masked Men
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - Total Immersion
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - Behind the Music
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - International Marketplace
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - In Memoriam: Robert Steadman, ASC
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American Cinematographer - February 2011 - Clubhouse News
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