Gyula Pados

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.

The native form of this personal name is Pados Gyula. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Gyula Pados
Born	(1969-04-02) 2 April 1969 (age 56) Budapest, Hungary
Years active	1991–present

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 Academy Award-winner Vilmos Zsigmond. As a university student, he and his friends founded a company, which is still the third largest Hungarian commercial film studio. His diploma work was cinematographing and directing Hajnal, for which he was awarded several prizes. Then he cinematographed The dance. Later, he made Angyal utca with a completely Hungarian team. In England, he shot the short movie Meter Running, written by Charles Martin and directed by David Moore. After getting his degree in 1996, he returned to England and shot The Star and The Sin Eater.

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).

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
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
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
2010	Predators	Nimród Antal
2013	Metallica: Through the Never
2014	Million Dollar Arm	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

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2013	Trooper	Craig Gillespie	Unaired pilot
2014	Scorpion	Justin Lin	Episode "Pilot"

Awards and nominations

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 Locarno International Film Festival.

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2000	Sitges Film Festival	Best Cinematography	Hotel Splendide	Won
2003	Copenhagen International Film Festival	Best Cinematographer	Kontroll	Won
2005			Fateless	Won
	European Film Awards	Best Cinematographer		Nominated
	Camerimage	Golden Frog		Won
2008			The Duchess	Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated