Gyula Pados
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Gyula Pados | |
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Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 1991–present |
Gyula Pados (Hungarian: [ˈɟulɒ ˈpɒdoʃ]; born 2 April 1969) is a Hungarian cinematographer. He is best known for his collaborations with director Wes Ball on the films Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Life and career
Pados was born in Budapest, Hungary. In 1990, he attended the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest as a cinematographer. He worked as a camera assistant to
In 2000, he was the cinematographer of Hotel Splendide, which was also awarded. His last movie in England was The Heart of Me. He came back to Hungary in 2003, filming Kontroll, which made him famous also in Hungary. After this movie, he was the cinematographer of the movie Fateless in 2005.
His first major Hollywood film was Predators (2010), and he has also shot the blockbuster films Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and its 2019 sequel, and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
Awards
In 1991 he got the first success with the movie Hajnal ('Dawn'): he won the Grand Prix of the Oberhausen Film Festival, the Wim Wenders Prize at the Munich Film Festival, the Grand Prix of the Potsdam Film Festival and the Main Prize of the Hungarian Film Festival. In 1995 he was awarded for Angyal utca ('Angel Street') at the Munich Film Festival. In 1998 he was awarded Kodak Prize for The Sin Eater at the
Filmography
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1992 | Az eltünt mozi | András Fésös | |
1996 | Angyal utca 13. | Péter Rátki | |
The Sin Eater | Terence Gross | TV short | |
1997 | The Star | David Moore | |
1998 | Biztosítás | Nimród Antal | |
2017 | The Neighborhood | Dante Ariola |
Feature film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2000 | Hotel Splendide | Terence Gross | |
2002 | The Heart of Me | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | |
2003 | Kontroll | Nimród Antal | |
2004 | Állítsátok meg Terézanyut! | Péter Bergendy | |
2005 | Fateless | Lajos Koltai | |
2006 | Basic Instinct 2 | Michael Caton-Jones | |
2007 | Evening | Lajos Koltai | |
2008 | Kalandorok | Béla Paczolay | |
The Duchess | Saul Dibb | Nominated- Satellite Award for Best Cinematography | |
2010 | Predators | Nimród Antal | |
2013 | Metallica: Through the Never | ||
2014 | Million Dollar Arm
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Craig Gillespie | |
2015 | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Wes Ball | |
2017 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Jake Kasdan | |
2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Wes Ball | |
2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Jake Kasdan | |
2023 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | David F. Sandberg | |
2024 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Wes Ball | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2013 | Trooper | Craig Gillespie | Unaired pilot |
2014 | Scorpion | Justin Lin | Episode "Pilot" |