A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Budapest, Hungary
Born:
April 2, 1969
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).
Director of Photography:
2000 Hotel Splendide
2003 Kontroll
2004 Stop Mom Theresa!
2004 The Heart of Me
2005 Fateless
2006 Basic Instinct 2
2007 Evening
2008 The Duchess
2010 Predators
2013 Metallica: Through the Never
2014 Million Dollar Arm
2015 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2019 Jumanji: The Next Level
2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods
2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Director of Photography:
2014 Scorpion
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