Jo Willems
Cinematographer · 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 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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Cinematographer
- 19 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
Known for
What are Jo Willems' films like?
Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 15
Light 3 · Serious 4 · Dark 9
Grounded 4 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 4
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 11
Steady 3 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 3
Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 4
Casual 4 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 11
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous8
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jo Willems' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (5).
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) · cinematographer
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) · cinematographer
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) · cinematographer
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) · cinematographer
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025) · cinematographer
Subscription and free streaming for Jo Willems' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
The Long Walk(2025)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Slumberland(2022)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Finch(2021)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
His House(2020)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
See(2019)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Nightmare Cinema(2018)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Red Sparrow(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Limitless(2011)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
30 Days of Night(2007)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Rocket Science(2007)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Hard Candy(2005)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
London(2005)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Do Geese See God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 20 of them dated from 2003 to 2025.
Biggest box office
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Highest rated
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Most popular right now
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Jo Willems' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 18; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser13
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the cinematography 72/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jo Willems' work okay for kids?
Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jo Willems work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jo Willems' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Francis Lawrence shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Francis LawrenceShared titles: The Long Walk (2025), Slumberland (2022), Red Sparrow (2018), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)See all 6 shared titles with Francis Lawrence
- David SladeShared titles: Nightmare Cinema (2018), 30 Days of Night (2007), Hard Candy (2005)See all 3 shared titles with David Slade
Writers
- Danny StrongShared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Danny Strong
- Peter CraigShared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Craig
- Brian NelsonShared titles: 30 Days of Night (2007), Hard Candy (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Brian Nelson
Actors
- Jennifer LawrenceShared titles: Red Sparrow (2018), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Jennifer Lawrence
- Donald SutherlandShared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Donald Sutherland
- Elizabeth BanksShared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Elizabeth Banks
- Jeffrey WrightShared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Jeffrey Wright
Composers and editors
- James Newton HowardShared titles: Red Sparrow (2018), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)See all 5 shared titles with James Newton Howard
- Mark YoshikawaShared titles: The Long Walk (2025), Slumberland (2022), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)See all 4 shared titles with Mark Yoshikawa
- Alan Edward BellShared titles: Red Sparrow (2018), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Alan Edward Bell
- Art JonesShared titles: 30 Days of Night (2007), Hard Candy (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Art Jones
Producers
- Cameron MacConomyShared titles: The Long Walk (2025), Slumberland (2022), Red Sparrow (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Cameron MacConomy
- Jon KilikShared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Jon Kilik
- Nina JacobsonShared titles: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Nina Jacobson
- Jeffrey HarlackerShared titles: The Long Walk (2025), Red Sparrow (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Jeffrey Harlacker