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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 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.

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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Cinematographer

2025
The Long Walk

The Long Walk

Cinematographer

2025 3.6
His House

His House

Cinematographer

2020 3.6
Nightmare Cinema

Nightmare Cinema

Cinematographer

2018
Red Sparrow

Red Sparrow

Cinematographer

2018
30 Days of Night

30 Days of Night

Cinematographer

2007 3.6
Hard Candy

Hard Candy

Cinematographer

2005 3.3