Gyula Pados (; born 2 April 1969) is a Hungarian cinematographer, best known for his collaboration with director Wes Ball.
Life and career Pados was born in Budapest, Hungary. In 1990, he attended the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest as a cinematographer. He worked as a camera assistant to Academy Award-winner Vilmos Zsigmond. As a university student, he and his friends founded a company, which is still the third largest Hungarian commercial film studio. His diploma work was cinematographing and directing Hajnal, for which he was awarded several prizes. Then he cinematographed The dance. Later, he made Angyal utca with a completely Hungarian team. In England, he shot the short movie Meter Running, written by Charles Martin and directed by David Moore. After getting his degree in 1996, he returned to England and shot The Star and The Sin Eater.
In 2000, he was the cinematographer of Hotel Splendide, which was also awarded. His last movie in England was The Heart of Me. He came back to Hungary in 2003, filming Kontroll, which made him famous also in Hungary. After this movie, he was the cinematographer of the movie Fateless in 2005.
His first major Hollywood film was Predators (2010), and he has also shot the blockbuster films Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and its 2019 sequel, and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
Filmography Film Feature film Year Title Director Notes 2000 Hotel Splendide Terence Gross 2002 The Heart of Me Thaddeus O'Sullivan 2003 Kontroll Nimród Antal 2004 Állítsátok meg Terézanyut! Péter Bergendy 2005 Fateless Lajos Koltai 2006 Basic Instinct 2 Michael Caton-Jones 2007 Evening Lajos Koltai2008 Kalandorok Béla Paczolay The Duchess Saul Dibb 2010 Predators Nimród Antal 2013 Metallica: Through the Never 2014 Million Dollar Arm Craig Gillespie 2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Wes Ball 2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Jake Kasdan 2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure Wes Ball 2019 Jumanji: The Next Level Jake Kasdan 2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods David F. Sandberg 2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wes Ball 2027 Post-production
Television Year Title Director Notes 2013 Trooper Craig Gillespie Unaired pilot 2014 Scorpion Justin Lin Episode "Pilot"
Awards and nominations In 1991 he got the first success with the movie Hajnal ('Dawn'): he won the Grand Prix of the Oberhausen Film Festival, the Wim Wenders Prize at the Munich Film Festival, the Grand Prix of the Potsdam Film Festival and the Main Prize of the Hungarian Film Festival.
In 1995 he was awarded for Angyal utca ('Angel Street') at the Munich Film Festival.
In 1998 he was awarded Kodak Prize for The Sin Eater at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Year Award Category Title Result 2000 Sitges Film Festival Best Cinematography Hotel Splendide 2003Copenhagen International Film FestivalBest Cinematographer Kontroll 2005Fateless European Film Awards Best Cinematographer CamerimageGolden Frog 2008The Duchess Satellite Awards Best Cinematography
References
External links
Gyula Pados at cinematographers.nl