
Jo Willems
Biography
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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Known For
Acting
Crew

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Director of Photography
2025

The Long Walk
Director of Photography
2025

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Director of Photography
2023

Slumberland
Director of Photography
2022

Finch
Director of Photography
2021

His House
Director of Photography
2020

See
Director of Photography
2019

Nightmare Cinema
Director of Photography
2018

Red Sparrow
Director of Photography
2018

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Director of Photography
2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Director of Photography
2014

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Director of Photography
2013



