Bill Pope

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Bill Pope
Born (1952-06-19) June 19, 1952 (age 72)
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1983–present
Spouse Sharon Oreck
Children2
Relatives Leslie Pope (sister)

Bill Pope, A.S.C. (born June 19, 1952) is an American cinematographer [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 .

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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

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleDirectorNotes
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 WachowskisShot 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

YearTitleDirectorNotes
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

YearTitleNotes
2003 Enter the Matrix Live-action cinematographer

Music video

YearTitleArtist
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

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
1996 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography BoundNominated
1999 BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography The MatrixNominated
2004 Satellite Awards Best Cinematography Spider-Man 2Nominated
2014 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
(For episode "Standing Up in the Milky Way")
Nominated
2016Satellite AwardsBest CinematographyThe Jungle BookNominated

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References

  1. "BILL POPE". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  2. "Amplifier Artist Directory: Bill Pope". Bowling Green Daily News. August 8, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2012.