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Belgian cinematographer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jo Willems is a Belgian cinematographer. Growing up in Westerlo outside Antwerp, he studied film at the LUCA School of Arts,[1] before he relocated to the United Kingdom at the age of 21.[2] He made his feature film cinematography debut with Hard Candy (2005) directed by David Slade, with whom Willems would also collaborate with again on 30 Days of Night (2007).[3] Willems would reunite with music video director Francis Lawrence on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), serving as cinematographer on following installments of the franchise for Lawrence as well as the spy thriller Red Sparrow (2018),[4] the fantasy adventure Slumberland (2022),[5] and three episodes of the Apple TV+ series See (2019–2022).[6]
For his work on the horror film His House (2020), Willems received a nomination for the British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography.[7]
Film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | Hard Candy | David Slade | |
London | Hunter Richards | ||
2007 | Rocket Science | Jeffrey Blitz | |
30 Days of Night | David Slade | ||
2009 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | P. J. Hogan | |
2011 | Limitless | Neil Burger | |
2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Francis Lawrence | |
2014 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 | ||
2015 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | ||
2018 | Red Sparrow | ||
2020 | His House | Remi Weekes | |
2021 | Finch | Miguel Sapochnik | |
2022 | Slumberland | Francis Lawrence | |
2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | ||
2024 | Bando Stone & the New World | Donald Glover |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | Gotham | Francis Lawrence | TV movie |
Touch | Episode "Pilot" | ||
Awake | David Slade | Episode "Pilot" | |
2017 | American Gods | 3 episodes | |
2019 | See | Francis Lawrence | 3 episodes |
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Fancine | Best Cinematography | Hard Candy | Won |
2020 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Cinematography | His House | Nominated |
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