Ian Seabrook

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Ian Seabrook
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NationalityCanadian, British
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1998–present
Website www.dorsalfin.net

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Ian Seabrook is a Canadian-British cinematographer, specializing in underwater cinematography. He is known for his underwater and second unit cinematography. [1] Seabrook is also a professional diver. [2] [3]

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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 . [4] [5] In 2020 Seabrook photographed National Geographic Documentary Films The Rescue with filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. This is a documentary about the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, Seabrook recreated the cave-diving team's work in extracting the stranded Thai soccer team. [6]

Seabrook also performed underwater photography for the films Old , [7] Man of Steel and Batman v Superman . [8]

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References

  1. Matt Mulcahey. ""It Pays to already be a good diver: Ian Seabrook on his Career as an Underwater Cameraman"". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. Valentina I. Valentini (10 May 2018). ""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. 21 July 2021.
  4. ""Cinematographer Ian Seabrook Goes Deep on Jungle Cruise"". Motion Pictures. 1 August 2018.
  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 17 August 2018.
  6. Rachael Bosley (11 November 2021). "Underwater cinematographer Ian Seabrook shoots reenactments of a cave-diving team's life-saving mission". American Cinematographer.
  7. "Jungle Cruise Cinematographer interviews". Syfy.
  8. "'Jungle Cruise' Cinematographer Ian Seabrook Dives Deep On Underwater Filmmaking". Filmspeak. 27 August 2021.