Bill Pope

Biography

Bill Pope, A.S.C. (born June 19, 1952) is an American cinematographer known for collaborating 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Pope, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career Overview

Bill Pope has 78 screen credits in a career dating back to 1976. Their work spans 15 cinematic universes — most prominently MCU with 3 titles. Signature works include The Matrix, Spider-Man 3, How to Train Your Dragon. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Camera
Gender: male
Known Credits: 78
Birth Date: 1952-06-19 00:00:00
Birth Place: Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 15 universes

MCU (3 titles)
The Matrix (3 titles)
How to Train Your Dragon (Live-Action) Collection (2 titles)
Spider Man (2 titles)
How to Train Your Dragon (1 titles)
Thor Collection (1 titles)
Charlie's Angels (1 titles)
The Jungle Book (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Keanu Reeves (2 collaborations)
Laurence Fishburne (2 collaborations)
Carrie-Anne Moss (2 collaborations)
Hugo Weaving (2 collaborations)
Gloria Foster (2 collaborations)
Nash Edgerton (2 collaborations)
Bruce Campbell (2 collaborations)
Emma Raimi (2 collaborations)
Joe Pantoliano (1 collaborations)
Marcus Chong (1 collaborations)

Credits

camera (55 credits)
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2027
- Send Help
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2026
- How to Train Your Dragon
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2025
- Y2K
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2024
- Unfrosted
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2024
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2023
- Thor: Love and Thunder
  
  additional director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2022
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2021
- The Boys in the Band
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2020
- Charlie's Angels
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2019
- Alita: Battle Angel
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2019
- The Kid Who Would Be King
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2019
- The Good Time Girls
  
  second unit director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2017
- Baby Driver
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2017
- The Jungle Book
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2016
- Zoolander 2
  
  additional director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2016
- Preacher
  
  - Pilot (2016) ... director of photography camera
  
  2016
- Cosmos
  
  - Unafraid of the Dark (2014) ... director of photography camera
  
  - The World Set Free (2014) ... director of photography camera
  
  - The Immortals (2014) ... director of photography camera
  
  - The Electric Boy (2014) ... director of photography camera
  
  - The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth (2014) ... director of photography camera
  
  2014
- The World's End
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2013
- Chasing Mavericks
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2012
- Men in Black 3
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2012
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2010
- The Spirit
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2008
- 14 Women
  
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  2007
- Spider-Man 3
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2007
- Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2006
- Best of Chris Isaak
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2006
- Team America: World Police
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2004
- Spider-Man 2
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2004
- The Matrix Revolutions
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2003
- The Matrix Reloaded
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2003
- The Matrix Revisited
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2001
- Bedazzled
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2000
- Making "The Matrix"
  
  additional camera
  
  camera
  
  1999
- Wild Wild West
  
  second unit director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1999
- The Matrix
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1999
- Freaks and Geeks
  
  - Pilot (1999) ... director of photography camera
  
  1999
- Zero Effect
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1998
- Gridlock'd
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1997
- Bound
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1996
- Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986/1996
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1995
- Clueless
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1995
- Angry Samoans: True Documentary
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1995
- Sting ‎– Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1994
- Blank Check
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1994
- Fire in the Sky
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1993
- Army of Darkness
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1992
- Closet Land
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1991
- Darkman
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1990
- Bangles Greatest Hits
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1990
- Death Doll
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1989
- Moonwalker
  
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  1988
- Night Court
  
  - Christine and Mac (a.k.a. Daddy for the Defense) (1984) ... camera operator camera
  
  1984
- The John Davidson Christmas Special
  
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  1977
- Archie
  
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  1976
crew (6 credits)
- Blond Poison
  
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2026
- Last Night in Soho
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2021
- Duck Butter
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2018
- Modern Noir: The Sights & Sounds of 'Bound'
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2014
- The Matrix Revisited
  
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2001
- Visions of Light
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  1992
actors (11 credits)
- Marvel Studios Assembled
  
  - The Making of Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings (2021) ... Self actor actors
  
  2021
- Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Modern Noir: The Sights & Sounds of 'Bound'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- The Spirit
  Onlooker #2
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- The Matrix Recalibrated
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- The Matrix Revisited
  Self - Director of Photography
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Dangerous Game
  Camera Operator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Horror House on Highway Five
  Gentleman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
directing (4 credits)
- Cosmos
  
  - The Electric Boy (2014) ... director directing
  
  - Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still (2014) ... director directing
  
  - Hiding in the Light (2014) ... director directing
  
  - Some of the Things that Molecules Do (2014) ... director directing
  
  2014
- Best of Chris Isaak
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- 2 of One
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
- Metallica - 2 of One
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
visual effects (1 credits)
- The Addams Family
  
  vfx director of photography
  
  visual effects
  
  1991
production (1 credits)
- Galaxina
  
  production assistant
  
  production
  
  1980

Content sources

Related entry on Wikidata (Q795025), public domain (CC0).