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Bill Pope

Bill Pope

Cinematographer, also actor · Born June 19, 1952 (74) · Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 19, 1952 (74)
From
Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
Works as
Cinematographer, also actor
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 35% in 30 days

What are Bill Pope's films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Action17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Bonds
25%
Morality
16%
Ideas
10%
Power
9%
Survival
6%
Society
2%
Identity13 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 17 · Serious 10 · Dark 7

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 18

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 13 · Intense 16

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 12 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 11

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 9

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 20 · Relentless 8

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 15 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 6

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 17 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
22
Tense
14
Absurd
10
Melancholic
11
Joyful
7
Other
33

How their films linger

Hopeful15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy16
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bill Pope's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 37 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bill Pope's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Cinematographer

  • Send Help(2026)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon(2025)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Y2K(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Unfrosted(2024)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Thor: Love and Thunder(2022)

    Additional Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Last Night in Soho(2021)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Boys in the Band(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Charlie's Angels(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Alita: Battle Angel(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Kid Who Would Be King(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Duck Butter(2018)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Good Time Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

  • Baby Driver(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Preacher(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Jungle Book(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Zoolander 2(2016)

    Additional Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Modern Noir: The Sights & Sounds of 'Bound' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Thanks · as Self

  • Cosmos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Cinematographer

  • The World's End(2013)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Chasing Mavericks(2012)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Men in Black 3(2012)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World(2010)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Spirit(2008)

    Cinematographer · as Onlooker #2

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • 14 Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Camera Operator

  • Spider-Man 3(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus(2006)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Best of Chris Isaak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • Peter Gabriel: Play (The Videos) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Cinematographer

  • Team America: World Police(2004)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Spider-Man 2(2004)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Matrix Revolutions(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Matrix Reloaded(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Matrix Revisited(2001)

    Cinematographer · as Self - Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Bedazzled(2000)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Freaks and Geeks(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Making "The Matrix" (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Additional Camera

  • Wild Wild West(1999)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Matrix(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Maximum Bob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

  • Zero Effect(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Gridlock'd(1997)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Bound(1996)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Cinematographer

  • Clueless(1995)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Angry Samoans: True Documentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Cinematographer

  • Sting ‎– Fields Of Gold - The Best Of Sting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Cinematographer

  • Blank Check(1994)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Dangerous Game(1993)

    as Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Fire in the Sky(1993)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Army of Darkness(1992)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Visions of Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Thanks

  • The Addams Family(1991)

    VFX Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Closet Land(1990)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Darkman(1990)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Bangles Greatest Hits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Cinematographer

  • Death Doll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Cinematographer

  • 2 of One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director

  • Metallica - 2 of One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director

  • Moonwalker(1988)

    Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Horror House on Highway Five (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Gentleman

  • Night Court(1984)

    Show 1 episode · Camera Operator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Galaxina(1980)

    Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The John Davidson Christmas Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Camera Operator

  • Archie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Camera Operator

  • Blond Poison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 68 titles, 66 of them dated from 1976 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Jungle Book (2016)

$968M worldwide

Highest rated

The Matrix (1999)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting3 of 68: 2 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting4 of 68: 2 only directing, 2 with another roleCinematography53 of 68: 50 only cinematography, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew11 of 68: 11 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score61st

68 titles, 3 with more than one role.

By decade

1970s2 · crew1980s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew1990s21 · 1 acting · 20 crew2000s12 · 1 acting · 12 crew2010s15 · crew2020s9 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 1997–2014.

  1. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
  2. 2000
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Cinematography
  3. 1997
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Cinematography

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Bill Pope's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 44; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 47 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up25
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 47 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · cinematographer

Charlie's Angels (2019)

69th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

The Matrix (1999)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 69/100 in their films, across 31 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Bill Pope's work okay for kids?

Across up to 30 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore27 titles37–84 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity30 titles10–64 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity28 titles20–79 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs27 titles7–54 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense27 titles27–70 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bill Pope work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bill Pope's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sam Raimi shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers