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name: "Mateo Willis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mateo-willis"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:53:06.973399+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."
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# Mateo Willis

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3438256/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2242068

## Streaming the US now

- **Discovery+:** [*Planet Earth II*](https://film.one/tv/planet-earth-ii.md) (86)

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## Biography

Mateo Willis is a British cinematographer and director specialising in natural history documentaries. He worked as cinematographer on five episodes of the BBC series *Planet Earth II* (2016). Other credits include *Blue Planet II*, *Frozen Planet*, *Our Planet* (2019) and *Dynasties* (2018).

Willis began his career as a cinematographer in his early thirties, following work in photography, music and art. He has received Emmy and BAFTA awards for his contributions to wildlife series. He has since directed and produced projects including *Night on Earth* (2020), *Hostile Planet* (2019) and *Omnivore* (2024), as well as the short film *Eulogy* (2020).

*Sources: imdb.com, mateowillis.com, lbbonline.com, huckmag.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Planet Earth II* (2016), Fi1m 86, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/planet-earth-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Omnivore* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Eulogy* (2020), Director, Writer
- *Night on Earth* (2020), series, Consulting Producer, Director
- *Our Planet* (2019), series, Camera Operator
- *Hostile Planet* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *Dynasties* (2018), series, Additional Photography
- *Planet Earth II* (2016), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/planet-earth-ii.md)
- *Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats* (2016), Director of Photography

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