DION BEEBE,
ACS
Chicago
Dion Beebe, ACS was born in Brisbane, Australia, but relocated with his family
to Cape Town, South Africa, at the age of five. He first studied film at Pretoria
Technikon and later at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. Beebe,
who holds both Australian and South African citizenship, says he will be “holding
the flag for both counties come Oscar night.” Beebe’s work has twice
been recognized by the Australian Cinematographers Society, which presented him
the Award of Distinction for the feature film Praise and the Golden Tripod
for the short film Down Rusty Down. In 1995, he won the Australian Film
Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography for What I Have Written,
and has twice been nominated by the Australian Film Institute for his cinematography
(Praise, What I Have Written). Beebe’s credits include My Own
Country, Holy Smoke, Equilibrium and Charlotte Gray. He recently
re-teamed with Holy Smoke director Jane Campion on In The Cut—a
thriller staring Meg Ryan due out later this year.
Synopsis:
Chicago, 1929. Murder. Passion. Fame. Sex. And All That Jazz. Two jailed murderesses—nightclub
singer Velma Kelly and the ambitious, wide-eyed Roxie Hart—compete for newspaper
headlines and the attention of their debonair attorney, Billy Flynn. The film
stars Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, John C. Reilly and
Queen Latifah.
Quote:
“Because all the musical numbers reflect Roxie’s imagination, we had
a means to overlap these two worlds. We tried to make them as seamless as possible.
The turn of a head or a lighting cue will take you into this other world. Roxie’s
imagination is a bit like a dreamscape. She provided a unique opportunity to translate
the director’s vision in a very free way.”
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