Bill Pope, A.S.C. (born June 19, 1952) is an American cinematographer best known for his collaborations with directors such as Sam Raimi, The Wachowskis, and Edgar Wright.
Early life and education 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.
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 Ramis2003 The Matrix Reloaded The Wachowskis Shot back-to-back The Matrix Revolutions2004 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 Wright2012 Chasing Mavericks Michael AptedCurtis Hanson Men in Black 3 Barry Sonnenfeld 2013 The World's End Edgar Wright 2016 The Jungle Book Jon Favreau 2017 Baby Driver Edgar Wright2019 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 2027 Dean DeBlois 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 BragaHimselfAnn Druyan Documentary series;13 episodes 2016 Preacher Seth RogenEvan Goldberg Episode "Pilot"
Video games 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 Beatles1986 "Nasty" Janet Jackson "Mercy Street"Peter Gabriel "Red Rain"1987 "We'll Be Together" Sting "The Ledge" The Replacements1988 "In Your Room" The Bangles "I Did It For Love" Night Ranger "That's That" Michael Johnson1989 "One" Metallica "After All This Time" Rodney Crowell 1990 "Without You" Mötley Crüe1995 "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
Nominations Year Award Category Title Result 1996 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography Bound 1999 BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography The Matrix 2004 Satellite Awards Best Cinematography Spider-Man 2 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey(For episode "Standing Up in the Milky Way") 2016 Satellite Awards Best Cinematography The Jungle Book
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