GYULA PADOS   HSC

 

Born: 2 April 1969, Budapest, Hungary.

Education: Színház- és Filmmûvészeti Föiskolá/Academy of Drama and Film, Budapest [SFF] [1990-96].

Career: Ph commercials dir by Rob Sanders [for Vodafone], Gábor Szabó, Fred Levinson [for ABN AMRO Bank], Péter Bergendy [for Holsten Beer], a.o. Ph music videos, e.g. 'No One Believes Me' [2011; d: Craig Gillespie; a: Kid Cudi; 5m20s].

Awards: As doph: Sitges IFF 'Mejor Fotografía' [2000] for 'Hotel Splendide'; Hungarian Film Critics Award [2004], Brothers Manaki IFF 'Silver Camera 300' [2004], Copenhagen IFF 'Golden Swan' [2004] & 35th Hungarian Film Week 'Best Cinematographer' [2004] for 'Kontroll'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' Award [2005], International Film Camera Festival Manaki Brothers 'Silver Camera 300' [2005] & European Film Award nom [2005] for 'Sorstalanság/Fateless'.

As dir: Wim Wenders Award [1993] & Oberhausen International Short FF 'Union Award' [1994] for 'Hajnal/Dawn'.

Website: Gyula Pados


 FILMS AT THE SFF

1991

Hajnal/Dawn [Gyula Pados] 16mm/b&w; short/12m

1991

A tánc/The Dance [Attila Mispál] ?; short/?m

1991

Az eltünt mozi/The Lost Movie [András Fésös] 16mm/?; short/17m

 

 FILMS & TELEVISION

1995

Meter Running [David Moore] c; short/36m; prod NFTS

1995

Angyal utca 13. [Péter Rátki] c; short/26m

1996

The Sin Eater [Terence Gross] tvm/11m

1996

The Star [David Moore] tvm/18m; ep BBC-tv series 'Talent'

1998

Biztosítás/Insurance [Nimród Antal] c; short/31m

1999

Hotel Splendide [Terence Gross] c

2001

The Heart of Me [Thaddeus O'Sullivan] c

2002

Kontroll/Control [Nimród Antal] c

2003

Sorstalanság/Fateless [Lajos Koltai] p/c

2004

Állítsátok meg Terézanyut!/Stop Mom Theresa! [Péter Bergendy] s35/c

2004

Zöld rapszódia [Béla Paczolay] c

2005

Basic Instinct 2 [Michael Caton-Jones (replaced Lee Tamahori)] s35/c; 2uc: Shaun O'Dell; addph: Adrian Biddle; aph: John Marzano; uwph: Mike Valentine

2006

Evening [Lajos Koltai] s35/c

2007

Kalandorok/Adventurers [Béla Paczolay] s35/c

2007

The Duchess [Saul Dibb] p/c; 2uc: Alan Stewart

2009

Aline & Wolfe [Lajos Koltai] pre-production

2009

Predators [Nimród Antal] HD (Genesis)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c

2012

The Treehouse/The Master of Farnow [Lajos Koltai (replaced Richard Kwietniowski)] in development since 2007; scheduled to start shooting in 2012; status unknown

2012

Trooper [Craig Gillespie] pilot/HD; for CBS-tv

2012

Metallica: Through the Never/Metallica 3D [Nimród Antal] HD (ARRI ALEXA M & Plus) scope+RED Epic (scope/3-D)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; musical film/93m; aph: John Trapman

2013

Million Dollar Arm [Craig Gillespie] s35+HD (ARRI ALEXA XT & XT Studio)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc India: Paula Huidobro; aph: Dylan Goss

2014

Scorpion [pilot dir by Justin Lin] series/HD, 2014-present; 1st season, 2014-15 (22 ep); uncred 2uc (pilot): Josh Bleibtreu

2014

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials/Maze Runner II: The Scorch Trials [Wes Ball] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus)-to-D-Cinema (scope [also 3-D version])/c; aph: Michael Kelem; filmed 2014-15

2016

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle [Jake Kasdan] scope (+ D-Cinema/scope [also 3-D version])/c; 2uc: Josh Bleibtreu; aph 2u: Mark Gerasimenko; remake of film (1994, Joe Johnston; ph: Thomas Ackerman)

2017

Maze Runner: The Death Cure [Wes Ball] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; prod shut down on 17 March 2016 after actor Dylan O'Brien was injured on the set; resumed filming March-June 2017

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1990

The Long Shadow/A Tékozló apa [Vilmos Zsigmond] co-clapper-loader; ph: Gábor Szabó

1991

Vörös vurstli/Red Fairground [György Molnár] c.asst; ph: Gábor Szabó

1991

Stalin/Sztálin [Ivan Passer; tvm] c.asst; ph: Vilmos Zsigmond