Bill Pope
Bill Pope | |
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Born | (1952-06-19) June 19, 1952 (age 72) Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S. |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 1983–present |
Spouse | Sharon Oreck |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Leslie Pope (sister) |
Bill Pope, A.S.C. (born June 19, 1952) is an American cinematographer and filmmaker[1] known for his collaborations with directors Sam Raimi, The Wachowskis and Edgar Wright. He has also photographed and directed numerous music videos for artists like Chris Isaak, Metallica and Drake, and eight episodes of the documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.
Early life
Pope was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He attended College High School and New York University, where he received his master's degree in Fine Arts. Prior to graduation, Pope worked as the cinematographer on a student film entitled The Sixth Week which won an Oscar for Achievement in Documentary at the 5th Annual Student Academy Awards on May 21, 1978.[2]
Filmography
Film
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1990 | Darkman | Sam Raimi | |
1991 | Closet Land | Radha Bharadwaj | |
1992 | Army of Darkness | Sam Raimi | |
1993 | Fire in the Sky | Robert Lieberman | |
1994 | Blank Check | Rupert Wainwright | |
1995 | Clueless | Amy Heckerling | |
1996 | Bound | The Wachowskis | |
1997 | Gridlock'd | Vondie Curtis-Hall | |
1998 | Zero Effect | Jake Kasdan | |
1999 | The Matrix | The Wachowskis | |
2000 | Bedazzled | Harold Ramis | |
2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | The Wachowskis | Shot back-to-back |
The Matrix Revolutions | |||
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Sam Raimi | |
Team America: World Police | Trey Parker | ||
2006 | Fur | Steven Shainberg | |
2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Sam Raimi | |
2008 | The Spirit | Frank Miller | |
2010 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Edgar Wright | |
2012 | Chasing Mavericks | Michael Apted Curtis Hanson | |
Men in Black 3 | Barry Sonnenfeld | ||
2013 | The World's End | Edgar Wright | |
2016 | The Jungle Book | Jon Favreau | |
2017 | Baby Driver | Edgar Wright | |
2019 | The Kid Who Would Be King | Joe Cornish | |
Alita: Battle Angel | Robert Rodriguez | ||
Charlie's Angels | Elizabeth Banks | ||
2020 | The Boys in the Band | Joe Mantello | |
2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Destin Daniel Cretton | Credited as "William Pope" |
2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Peyton Reed | |
2024 | Y2K | Kyle Mooney | |
Unfrosted | Jerry Seinfeld | Credited as "William Pope" | |
2025 | How to Train Your Dragon † | Dean DeBlois | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1992 | American Playhouse | Robert Allan Ackerman | Episode "Mrs. Cage" |
1998 | Maximum Bob | Barry Sonnenfeld | Episode "Pilot" |
1999 | Freaks and Geeks | Jake Kasdan | Episode "Pilot" |
2014 | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | Brannon Braga Himself Ann Druyan | Documentary series; 13 episodes |
2016 | Preacher | Seth Rogen Evan Goldberg | Episode "Pilot" |
Video game
Year | Title | Notes |
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2003 | Enter the Matrix | Live-action cinematographer |
Music video
Year | Title | Artist |
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1983 | "Hold Back the Night" | Aldo Nova |
1984 | "Bitchen Party" | Lopez Beatles |
1986 | "Nasty" | Janet Jackson |
"Mercy Street" | Peter Gabriel | |
"Red Rain" | ||
1987 | "We'll Be Together" | Sting |
"The Ledge" | The Replacements | |
1988 | "In Your Room" | The Bangles |
"I Did It For Love" | Night Ranger | |
1989 | "One" | Metallica |
"After All This Time" | Rodney Crowell | |
1990 | "Without You" | Mötley Crüe |
1995 | "Somebody's Crying" | Chris Isaak |
"Go Walking Down There" | ||
1996 | "Graduation Day" | |
2013 | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | Drake |
2014 | "Gust of Wind" | Pharrell Williams |
2018 | "Colors" | Beck |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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1996 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | Bound | Nominated |
1999 | BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | The Matrix | Nominated |
2004 | Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography | Spider-Man 2 | Nominated |
2014 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (For episode "Standing Up in the Milky Way") | Nominated |
2016 | Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography | The Jungle Book | Nominated |
References
- ^ "BILL POPE". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
- ^ "Amplifier Artist Directory: Bill Pope". Bowling Green Daily News. August 8, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
External links
- Bill Pope at IMDb
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- Mark Plummer (1989)
- Pascal Lebègue (1990)
- Rolf Kestermann (1991)
- Mike Southon and Daniel Pearl (1992)
- Harris Savides (1993)
- Harris Savides (1994)
- Garry Waller and Mike Trim (1995)
- Declan Quinn (1996)
- Stephen Keith-Roach (1997)
- Harris Savides (1998)
- Martin Coppen (1999)
- Jeff Cronenweth (2000)
- Lance Acord (2001)
- Brad Rushing (2002)
- Jean-Yves Escoffier (2003)
- Joaquín Baca-Asay (2004)
- Samuel Bayer (2005)
- Robbie Ryan (2006)
- Wyatt Troll (2008)
- Jonathan Sela (2009)
- John Perez (2010)
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- André Chemetoff (2012)
- Ryan Lewis, Jason Koenig and Mego Lin (2013)
- Darren Lew and Jackson Hunt (2014)
- Larkin Seiple (2015)
- Malik Sayeed (2016)
- Scott Cunningham (2017)
- Benoît Debie (2018)
- Scott Cunningham (2019)
- Michael Merriman (2020)
- Benoit Soler, Malik H. Sayeed, Mohammaed Atta Ahmed, Santiago Gonzalez and Ryan Helfant (2021)
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