---
name: "Jo Willems"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jo-willems"
fi1m_id: "jo-willems"
imdb_id: "nm1173522"
tmdb_id: 27576
wikidata_id: "Q1677862"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 November 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-22T04:29:48.776486+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jo Willems

## Identity

Jo Willems

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jo-willems
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jo-willems
- **IMDb ID:** nm1173522
- **TMDB ID:** 27576
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1677862
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Willems, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1173522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27576

Cinematographer. Born 1 November 1970 in Antwerp, Belgium.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 November 1970, Antwerp, Belgium
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Francis Lawrence](https://film.one/person/francis-lawrence.md), [Nina Jacobson](https://film.one/person/nina-jacobson.md), [Elizabeth Banks](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-banks.md), [Jennifer Lawrence](https://film.one/person/jennifer-lawrence.md), [Jon Kilik](https://film.one/person/jon-kilik.md), [Josh Hutcherson](https://film.one/person/josh-hutcherson.md), [Liam Hemsworth](https://film.one/person/liam-hemsworth.md), [Woody Harrelson](https://film.one/person/woody-harrelson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 67 (3), 2020s 71 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 69 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 5, Action 3, Adventure 3, Horror 2, Thriller 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,674m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Willems, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1677862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1173522/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27576

## Coming up

- *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping* (2026-11-18), Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Hunger Games: Catching Fire*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md) (80), [*His House*](https://film.one/film/his-house.md) (79), [*The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2.md) (61), [*The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1*](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1.md) (60)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Long Walk*](https://film.one/film/the-long-walk.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jo Willems is a Belgian cinematographer. Born in November 1970 in Belgium, he studied film at the LUCA School of Arts before relocating to the United Kingdom at the age of 21.

He is known for long-term collaborations with directors David Slade and Francis Lawrence. Willems served as cinematographer on Slade’s *Hard Candy* (2005) and *30 Days of Night* (2007), and on Lawrence’s *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1* (2014), *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2* (2015), *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023) and *The Long Walk* (2025). Other credits include *Limitless* (2011), *Red Sparrow* (2018), *Finch* (2021) and *His House* (2020), for which he received a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Cinematography.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, arrirental.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Long Walk* (2025), Fi1m 72, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-walk.md)
- *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023), Fi1m 61, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes.md)
- *His House* (2020), Fi1m 79, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/his-house.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2* (2015), Fi1m 61, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1* (2014), Fi1m 60, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping* (2026), Director of Photography — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping.md)
- *The Hand That Rocks the Cradle* (2025), Director of Photography
- *The Long Walk* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-walk.md)
- *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes.md)
- *Slumberland* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Finch* (2021), Director of Photography
- *His House* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/his-house.md)
- *See* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *Nightmare Cinema* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Red Sparrow* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2* (2015), Director of Photography — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-2.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1* (2014), Director of Photography — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1.md)
- *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* (2013), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunger-games-catching-fire.md)
- *Limitless* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Confessions of a Shopaholic* (2009), Director of Photography
- *30 Days of Night* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Rocket Science* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Hard Candy* (2006), Director of Photography
- *London* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Do Geese See God* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Britney Spears: In the Zone* (2003), Director of Photography

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