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Bill Pope

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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.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Matrix

Director of Photography

The World's End

Appears in a KinoChain journey

How to Train Your Dragon

Director of Photography

Darkman

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Director of Photography

Baby Driver

Director of Photography

Spider-Man 3

Director of Photography

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Director of Photography

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Discs That Changed How Britain Watched

When DVD landed in Britain in 1997 it promised cinema in your living room. The discs that followed rewired what collectors expected from a film at home.

10 films

Game On: Cinematic Journeys Through Digital Worlds

From arcade nostalgia to virtual reality epics, these films explore the thrill and terror of living inside the game.

8 films

When the Cult Kids Get the Keys

A journey through the moments when outsider directors were handed studio money and a famous franchise, from Sam Raimi's Darkman to the new Resident Evil. The re...

8 films

The Weight of the Cape: Inheriting a Legacy You Never Asked For

Before the multiverse had a use for her, Kara Zor-El's first outing wasn't framed as destiny, it was framed as a mistake to fix. She loses the Omegahedron, the...

8 films

25 Years of Flailing: How Bridget Jones Perfected the Best Worst Fight Scene Ever

From Bridget Jones's iconic street brawl to a Greek restaurant showdown, trace the lineage of cinema's most gloriously awkward fights.

5 films

The DVDs That Changed Everything

In the autumn of 1997, the first DVD players reached British shops, and the format arrived with a sales pitch that sounded too good to be true: cinema in your l...

13 films

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