Jump to content

Ian Seabrook

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Bethbcpr (talk | contribs) at 01:27, 12 January 2022 (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

  • Comment: Please see the notability guidelines for creative professionals. Sources are largely interviews which do not establish notability. S0091 (talk) 16:01, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Ian Seabrook
NationalityCanadian, British Citizen
Occupation(s)cinematographer and director of photography
Years active1998–present
Websitewww.dorsalfin.net

Ian Seabrook is an underwater cinematographer in the motion picture and television industry, active in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and worldwide.

He is known for his underwater and second unit cinematography[1]. Seabrook is also a professional diver. [2]. [3]

Career

Seabrook began his career as a stills photographer, photographing underwater in Australia on the Great Barrier Reef. He transitioned to working as an underwater cinematographer in 1998. In 2018, Seabrook photographed underwater sequences for Disney’s Jungle Cruise (film)[4] [5] [6], the feature-film adaptation of the company’s amusement park ride. In 2020 Seabrook photographed National Geographic Documentary FilmsThe Rescue (2021 film) with filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. This is a documentary about the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand, recreating the cave-diving team's work in extracting the stranded people. [7]His other underwater cinematography work includes M. Night Shyamalan’s Old (film) and the Netflix/Chernin Entertainment live-action film adaptation of Slumberland (film), based on the comic book series by Winsor McCay.

Seabrook's underwater photography can be seen in the films Old (film) [8], Deadpool 2 [9], Man of Steel (film), Batman v Superman [10], It Chapter Two and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

In addition, Seabrook has photographed second unit on other films, including: Netflix’s Army of the Dead for director Zack Snyder, Finch for Miguel Sapochnik and Season One of the Apple TV+series See, starring Jason Mamoa and Dave Bautista, for director Francis Lawrence.

Seabrook has also been credited for episodes of television shows including See (2021), The Twilight Zone, Supergirl, Lost in Space and The X-Files.

References

  1. ^ Matt Mulcahey. ""It Pays to already be a good diver: Ian Seabrook on his Career as an Underwater Cameraman"". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  2. ^ Valentina I. Valentini (2018-05-10). ""Ian Seabrook Helps Actors Like Charlize Theron, Ryan Reynolds Feel Comfortable Underwater"". Variety.
  3. ^ ""Ian Seabrook behind underwater cinematography on Disney's Jungle Cruise"". British Cinematographer. 2021-07-21.
  4. ^ ""Cinematographer Ian Seabrook Goes Deep on Jungle Cruise"". Motion Pictures. 2018-08-01.
  5. ^ ""Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson Did a Lot of the Underwater Work in 'Jungle Cruise' Themselves Aquatic Cinematographer Ian Seabrook Tells Us."". Observer. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  6. ^ Jason Guerrasio (2020-08-16). "Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt acted in a 15-foot tank and held their breath for up to half a minute to pull off the underwater sequence in 'Jungle Cruise'". Insider.<
  7. ^ Rachael Bosley (2021-11-11). "Underwater cinematographer Ian Seabrook shoots reenactments of a cave-diving team's life-saving mission". American Cinematographer.
  8. ^ "Jungle Cruise Cinematographer interviews". Syfy.
  9. ^ Katy Kroll (2021-08-17). "Cinematographer Ian Seabrook Dishes On Jungle Cruise, Batman V Superman, And Deadpool 2". Looper.
  10. ^ "'Jungle Cruise' Cinematographer Ian Seabrook Dives Deep On Underwater Filmmaking". Filmspeak. 2021-08-27.