BILL POPE

#1/2: From the doc 'Team America - Capturing the Action' [2004]

BILL POPE ASC

Born: 19 June 1952, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, as William Homer Pope.

Education: High School [John Carpenter and Tommy Lee Wallace were his classmates]; University of Virginia [Architecture]; Southwestern University [Law]; New York University [NYU] [MA Fine Arts; he ph Barry Sonnenfeld's thesis film].

Career: In Jr. High he joined Bennie Beaches band Livin' End, and continued to play guitar for them until he left Bowling Green to study architecture.

Ph & dir music videos [see below]. Ph commercials dir by Mike Bigelow, John O'Hagan, Traktor [for Pepsi Cola], John Dolan ['Bourne Happens' for Volkswagen], a.o.

Appeared in the doc's 'Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography' [1991], 'Crash Course/The Freeway Chase/The Matrix Reloaded: The Freeway Chase' [2003, Josh Oreck; ph: Alan Hereford & Paul Warren; 31m], 'The Matrix Recalibrated/Revolutions Recalibrated' [2003, Josh Oreck; ph: Alan Hereford & Paul Warren; 27m & 39m], 'The Burly Man Chronicles' [2003, Josh Oreck; ph: various; 95m & 176m], "Team America': Up Close with Kim Jong-Il' [2004; 5m], "Team America': Capturing the Action' [2004; 7m], 'Clueless: We're History' [2005], 'Clueless: Driver's Ed' [2005] & 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].

Married to music video and doc prod Sharon Oreck.

His sister Leslie Ann [born 1954] is a film set decorator. His stepson Joshua Oreck [born 1972] is a doc prod/dir.

Awards: MTV Music Video Award [1988] for 'We'll Be Together'; Independent Spirit Award nom [1997] for 'Bound'; BAFTA Film Award nom [2000] for 'The Matrix'; Golden Satellite Award nom [2005; shared] for 'Spider-Man 2'.

FILMS
1977	The Sixth Week [John Block] 16mm/c; doc/25m; prod NYU (J. Block's thesis film)
1985	Horror House on Highway Five [Richard Casey] c; cph: David Golia; + small part as 'Gentleman' (cred as William Pope)
1988	Pet Sematary [Mary Lambert] c; uncred ?; ph: Peter Stein
1989	Death Doll [William Mims] c; as William Pope
1989	Darkman [Sam Raimi] c; 2uc: Peter Deming; aph: Frank Holgate; miniature ph: Dennis Skotak
1990	Closet Land [Radha Bharadwaj] c
1990	The Addams Family [Barry Sonnenfeld] c; cph vfx unit; ph: Owen Roizman
1991	Army of Darkness/Evil Dead 3/The Medieval Dead [Sam Raimi] c; 2uc: Ken Arlidge, Andrea Dietrich & William Mesa
1992	Fire in the Sky [Robert Lieberman] s35/c; spec vfx ph: Kim Marks
1993	Blank Check/Blank Cheque [Rupert Wainwright] c; 2uc: Don Reddy & Layton Blaylock
1994	Clueless/I Was a Teenage Teenager/No Worries [Amy Heckerling] c
1995	Bound [Larry & Andy Wachowski] c
1996	Gridlock'd [Vondie Curtis-Hall] c
1997	Zero Effect [Jake Kasdan] c
1998	The Matrix [Andy & Larry Wachowski] s35/c; 2uc: Ross Emery
1998	Wild Wild West [Barry Sonnenfeld] c; co-2uc; ph: Michael Ballhaus & Stefan Czapsky
2000	Bedazzled [Harold Ramis] p/c; London ph: Philip Méheux; 2uc: Lowell Peterson; remake of film (1967, Stanley Donen; ph: Austin Dempster)
2001	The Matrix Revisited [Josh Oreck] c/V; doc/123m; cph: Richard Henkels, Byron Shah, Paul Warren, a.o.; + appearance/special thanks
2001	The Matrix Reloaded [Andy & Larry Wachowski] s35 (+ IMAX-70bu)/c; addph: Roger Lanser; 2uc: Ross Emery (Australia) & Kim Marks (USA); 3uc: Geoff Wharton (Australia); model unit high speed ph: Kim Marks; model unit motion control ph: Pete Kozachik; + small part
2002	The Matrix Revolutions [Andy & Larry Wachowski] s35 (+ IMAX-70bu)/c; 2uc: Ross Emery; 3uc: Geoff Wharton; model unit high speed ph: Kim Marks; model unit motion control ph: Pete Kozachik
2002	Enter the Matrix [Andy & Larry Wachowski] vg/c; 2uc: Ross Emery; 3uc: Geoff Wharton; Alameda 2uc: Kim Marks
2003	Spider-Man 2 [Sam Raimi] s35+p70+vv-to-35mm scope (+ IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema)/c; addph: Anette Haellmigk; New York ph: Peter Menzies Jr.; blue screen ph: Lowell Peterson
2004	Team America: World Police [Trey Parker] s35/c; puppet film/98m; addph: Rob Sweeney; 2uc: Tim Angulo; miniature ph: Dennis McHugh

[Left] with dir Steven Shainberg & actress Nicole Kidman - "Fur"

2005	Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus [Steven Shainberg] c; addph: Steven Fierberg; 'b' unit ph: John Foster
2006	Spider-Man 3 [Sam Raimi] s35 (+ IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: John Bramley & Jonathan Taylor; aph: Steve Koster & (New York) David Norris; vfx ph: Bruce Dickson
2006	14 Women [Mary Lambert] c; doc/79m; cph: Elliot Klayman, Michael Cho, Guy Livneh, a.o.
2007	The Spirit [Frank Miller] HD (Genesis + Phantom HD)+RED-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Bob Finley III; add vfx ph (RED): Paul Nordin; + small part
2009	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World [Edgar Wright] p+s35+HD (Phantom HD)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: David Franco
2010	Men in Black 3 [Barry Sonnenfeld] s35+HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; 2uc: Igor Meglic & Kevin McKnight; add 2uc: Scott Maguire; filmed 2010-11
2011	Chasing Mavericks/Of Men and Mavericks [Curtis Hanson & (last 3 weeks) Michael Apted] RED Epic+HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Mike Ozier (+ uncred c.op 'b' cam) & Mike Prickett; addph 2u: Larry Haynes
2012	The World's End [Edgar Wright] p+s35+16mm-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Jake Polonsky; aph: Jeremy Braben
*2014*	Ant-Man [Edgar Wright (replaced by Peyton Reed)] pre-production; left prod along with dir E. Wright; film was ph by Russell Carpenter
2014	Inside The Judge [Joshua Oreck] c; doc/22m
2014	The Jungle Book [Jon Favreau] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT M)-to-D-Cinema (also 3-D version)/c
2015	Zoolander 2 [Ben Stiller] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus/p & M/p)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph (reshoots); ph: Dan Mindel
2016	Baby Driver [Edgar Wright] p+HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus/p & Mini/p)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Duane Manwiller; add unit ph 2u: Ken Seng
2016	Alita: Battle Angel/Battle Angel Alita [Robert Rodriguez] HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini/3-D)-to-D-Cinema (scope) (also 3-D version)/c; filmed 2016-17; in development by dir James Cameron since 2000
2017	The Kid Who Would Be King [Joe Cornish] HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini/p)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; 2uc: Shaun O'Dell; aph: Jeremy Braben
2018	Charlie's Angels [Elizabeth Banks] HD/c; 2uc: Klemens Becker

TELEVISION
1992	Mrs. Cage [Robert Allen Ackerman] tvm; ep PBS-tv series 'American Playhouse'
1997	Maximum Bob [pilot dir by Barry Sonnenfeld] 7-part series, 1998; other ph: Victor Hammer
1999	Freaks and Geeks [pilot dir by Jake Kasdan] 18-part series/s35, 1999-2000; series ph: Russ Alsobrook (17 ep)
1999	The Ten Commandments of Creativity/Die zehn Gebote der Kreativität [Hermann Vaske] doc + dram seq/180m; ph Los Angeles helicopter seq; ph: Stefan Jonas, Isabelle Furrer, Stephen Ley & Volker May
2013	Cosmos - A Spacetime Odyssey [Brannon Braga (8 ep), Ann Druyan (1 ep) & Bill Pope (4 ep)] 13-part doc series/HD, 2014; addph: Mark Vargo; follow-up of the 1980 series 'Cosmos - A Personal Voyage' (presented by Carl Sagan) prod in 1978-79 for KCET/PBS-tv; prod 2011-13 for FOX-tv & National Geographic Channel
2015	Preacher [ep #1 dir by Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen] series/HD (Sony F55). 2016; 2uc: Bob Finley III; for AMC-tv

MISCELLANEOUS
1986	Population: 1 - An American Memoir/Population: One [René Daalder] 2nd c.op 'The Big Shelter' seq; ph 'The Big Shelter' seq: Daniel Pearl; ph: Jürg Victor Walther & Frans Bromet (seq '10c a Dance' & 'Jazz Vampire')
1987	Moonwalker [anthology seg dir by Jerry Kramer] co-c.op; ph: Fred Elmes, Tom Ackerman, Bob Collins & Crescenzo Notarile; filmed February 1987-May 1988
2013	Cosmos - A Spacetime Odyssey [dir ep #2, 5-6 & 10; doc tv-series] see Television (2013)

MUSIC VIDEOS [Selection ph & dir]
1986	Nasty [a: Janet Jackson; d: Mary Lambert]
1986	Mercy Street [a: Peter Gabriel; d: Matt Mahurin]
1987	Red Rain [a: Peter Gabriel; d: Matt Mahurin]
1987	We'll Be Together [a: Sting; d: Mary Lambert]
1987	Say You Will [a: Mick Jagger; d: Mary Lambert]
1988	In Your Room [a: The Bangles; d: Tamra Davis]
1988	One [a: Metallica; co-dir: Michael Salomon; Original Version: 8m] ph: Andre Marcell
1988	One [a: Metallica; co-dir: Michael Salomon; Jammin' Version: 5m] ph: Andre Marcell; the two versions of 'One' were combined with an interview (dir by Steven Goldmann in March 1989) and released on VHS as '2 of One'
1995	Somebody’s Crying [a: Chris Isaak; dir] ph: ?
1995	Go Walkin' Down There [a: Chris Isaak; dir] ph: ?
1996	Graduation Day [a: Chris Isaak; dir] ph: ?
1999	Adagio [a: Lara Fabian; d: Franco Dragone]