Jo Willems

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Jo Willems

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Antwerp, Belgium

Jo Willems is a Belgian cinematographer. Growing up in Westerlo outside Antwerp, he studied film at the LUCA School of Arts before relocating to the United Kingdom at 21. He debut…

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

7.4 2013 Movie
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

6.8 2014 Movie
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

6.9 2015 Movie
Limitless

Limitless

7.2 2011 Movie
Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow

6.5 2018 Movie
Finch

Finch

7.8 2021 Movie
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

7.0 2023 Movie
30 Days of Night

30 Days of Night

6.4 2007 Movie
See

See

8.1 2019 TV Show
Hard Candy

Hard Candy

6.8 2006 Movie
Confessions of a Shopaholic

Confessions of a Shopaholic

6.5 2009 Movie
The Long Walk

The Long Walk

6.9 2025 Movie

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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 before relocating to the United Kingdom at 21. He debuted his feature film cinematography with Hard Candy (2005), directed by David Slade, with whom Willems would also collaborate 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 the following instalments 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jo Willems, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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  1. 2026
    The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2025
    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2025
    The Long Walk

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2023
    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 2022
    Slumberland

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2021
    Finch

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2020
    His House

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2019
    See

    TV show Director of Photography

  9. 2018
    Nightmare Cinema

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 2018
    Red Sparrow

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 2016
    Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

    Movie Self - Director of Photography

  12. 2015
    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2015
    The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

    Movie Self - Director of Photography

  14. 2014
    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 2014
    Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Movie Self - Director of Photography

  16. 2013
    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Movie Director of Photography

More credits
  1. 2011
    Limitless

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2009
    Confessions of a Shopaholic

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2007
    30 Days of Night

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2007
    Rocket Science

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 2006
    Hard Candy

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2005
    London

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2004
    Do Geese See God

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2003
    Britney Spears: In the Zone

    Movie Director of Photography