Jo Willems

Jo Willems

  • Place of birth: Antwerp, Belgium

Biography

Jo Willems is a Belgian cinematographer. Growing up in Westerlo outside Antwerp, he studied film at the LUCA School of Arts, before he relocated to the United Kingdom at the age of 21. 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). 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), the fantasy adventure Slumberland (2022), and three episodes of the Apple TV+ series See (2019–2022). For his work on the horror film His House (2020), Willems received a nomination for the British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography.

Filmography

Production

Hard Candy

2005

As Director of Photography

30 Days of Night

2007

As Director of Photography

London

2005

As Director of Photography

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014

As Director of Photography

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

2015

As Director of Photography

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009

As Director of Photography

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013

As Director of Photography

Rocket Science

2007

As Director of Photography

Red Sparrow

2018

As Director of Photography

Limitless

2011

As Director of Photography

Nightmare Cinema

2018

As Director of Photography

His House

2020

As Director of Photography

Finch

2021

As Director of Photography

Britney Spears: In The Zone

2003

As Director of Photography

Slumberland

2022

As Director of Photography

The Long Walk

0000

As Director of Photography

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