Jo Willems

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
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
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
Nightmare Cinema David Slade Segment: "This Way to Egress"
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		 Post-production

References
  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.
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