Jo Willems

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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[edit]

Short film

Year Title Director Notes
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
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

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jo Willems about Red Sparrow". Belgian Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Jo Willems ASC, SBC". My Management. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Jo Willems, ASC, SBC Curates ASC's Instagram". American Society of Cinematographers. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ Blair, Ian. "Dystopian Views". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Jo Willems on creating the dream world of Slumberland". Belgian Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ Chow, Riley (28 April 2020). "See cinematographer Jo Willems reveals how he lit the show without lights". Gold Derby. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  7. ^ Ritman, Alex (9 December 2020). "British Independent Film Awards: Saint Maud, His House, Rocks Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

External links[edit]

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