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]
Filmography
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2003 | 60 Seconds | Martin Weisz | |
2004 | Do Geese See God? | David Slade | Part of the "Amazon Theater" banner |
2005 | Switching to Glide: The Abe and Frida Kogan Story | Hank Perlman | |
2009 | Zach | Randy Krallman | |
2018 | This Way to Egress | David Slade | Segment of Nightmare Cinema |
Feature film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2005 | Hard Candy | David Slade | Fancine Award for Best Cinematography |
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 | Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography |
2021 | Finch | Miguel Sapochnik | |
2022 | Slumberland | Francis Lawrence | |
2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes |
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2024 | Bando Stone and the New World | Donald Glover |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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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 |
References
- ^ "Jo Willems about Red Sparrow". Belgian Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Jo Willems ASC, SBC". My Management. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Jo Willems, ASC, SBC Curates ASC's Instagram". American Society of Cinematographers. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Blair, Ian. "Dystopian Views". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Jo Willems on creating the dream world of Slumberland". Belgian Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Chow, Riley (28 April 2020). "See cinematographer Jo Willems reveals how he lit the show without lights". Gold Derby. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (9 December 2020). "British Independent Film Awards: Saint Maud, His House, Rocks Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 February 2023.