Dean Semler Biography ((?)-)

Born in Australia; married; wife's name, Annie; children: one daughter. Addresses: Agent: Skouras Agency, 631 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2C, Santa Monica, CA 90401-1513.; Manager: Ruddy Morgan Organization, Inc., 9300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 508, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Gender
Male
Occupation
Cinematographer

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Cinematographer
  • A Steam Train Passes, 1974
  • Let the Balloon Go, Inter Planetary, 1977
  • The Earthling, 1980
  • Stepping Out (also known as Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up), 1980
  • Hoodwink, New South Wales, 1981
  • The Road Warrior (also known as Mad Max 2 and Mad Max 2:The Road Warrior), 1981 then Warner Bros., 1982
  • Kitty and the Bagman, Quartet, 1983
  • In Memory of Malawan, 1983
  • Undercover, 1983
  • Razorback, Warner Bros., 1984
  • The Coca-Cola Kid, Smart Egg Cinecom International-Film Gallery, 1985
  • Mad Max beyond Thunderdome (also known as Mad Max 3), Warner Bros., 1985
  • Going Sane, Sea Change-New South Wales Films, 1986
  • Bullseye, Cinema Group, 1986
  • (And camera operator) The Lighthorsemen, Cinecom, 1988
  • Cocktail, Buena Vista, 1988
  • Young Guns, 1988
  • Dead Calm, Warner Bros., 1990
  • (And camera operator) Farewell to the King, Orion, 1990
  • K-9, Universal, 1990
  • Impulse, Warner Bros., 1991
  • Young Guns II (also known as Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
  • Dances with Wolves, Orion, 1991
  • City Slickers, Columbia, 1991
  • The Power of One (also known as La puissance de l'ange), Warner Bros., 1992
  • (And unit director) Super Mario Bros., Buena Vista, 1993
  • Last Action Hero, Columbia, 1993
  • The Three Musketeers, Buena Vista, 1993
  • The Cowboy Way, Universal, 1994
  • Waterworld, Universal, 1995
  • Trojan War (also known as Rescue Me), Warner Bros., 1997
  • Gone Fishin', Buena Vista, 1997
  • The Bone Collector, Universal, 1999
  • Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (also known as The Klumps),Universal, 2000
  • Eye See You, Universal, 2001
  • Heartbreakers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2001
  • We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young, Paramount, 2001
  • Dragonfly, Universal, 2001
  • Also made nearly two dozen documentary films for Film Australia.
  • Film Director
  • Firestorm, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
  • The Patriot, Buena Vista, 1998
  • Film Appearances
  • School of Death, 1977
  • Television Cinematographer
  • The Dismissal (miniseries) 1983.
  • Return to Eden (miniseries), syndicated, 1984
  • Melba (series), CBS, 1986
  • Passion Flower (movie), CBS, 1986
  • The Clean Machine, 1988
  • Son of the Morning Star (miniseries; also known as Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Big Horn), ABC, 1991
  • Also worked as unit cinematographer and unit director, Lonesome Dove (miniseries) CBS, 1989.