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]
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- ^ "Jo Willems on creating the dream world of Slumberland". Belgian Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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- ^ Ritman, Alex (9 December 2020). "British Independent Film Awards: Saint Maud, His House, Rocks Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 February 2023.