Bill Pope

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.

Bill Pope
Born	(1952-06-19) June 19, 1952 (age 73) Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Sharon Oreck
Children	2
Relatives	Leslie Pope (sister)

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

Year	Title	Director	Notes
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 Wachowskis	Shot 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
2026	Send Help †	Sam Raimi	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
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

Year	Title	Notes
2003	Enter the Matrix	Live-action cinematographer

Music video

Year	Title	Artist
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
	"That's That"	Michael Johnson
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

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
1996	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Cinematography	Bound	Nominated
1999	BAFTA Awards	Best Cinematography	The Matrix	Nominated
2004	Satellite Awards	Best Cinematography	Spider-Man 2	Nominated
2014	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography	Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (For episode "Standing Up in the Milky Way")	Nominated
2016	Satellite Awards	Best Cinematography	The Jungle Book	Nominated