Patrick Scola

Biography

Pat Scola is an American cinematographer. He began his career shooting music videos and commercials, and his work in that arena includes videos for The Weeknd, Alt-J, Billie Eilish, Chaka Khan, and Mr. Little Jeans, and commercials for Meta, Delta, AMEX, and Mercedes. For his work on the film Pig (2021), Scola received critical acclaim and was awarded the American … Read more

Pat Scola is an American cinematographer. He began his career shooting music videos and commercials, and his work in that arena includes videos for The Weeknd, Alt-J, Billie Eilish, Chaka Khan, and Mr. Little Jeans, and commercials for Meta, Delta, AMEX, and Mercedes. For his work on the film Pig (2021), Scola received critical acclaim and was awarded the American Society of Cinematographers Spotlight Award. He was named one of Variety’s “10 Cinematographers to Watch” in 2021. Additional credits include Monsters and Men (2018) and We Grown Now (2023), for which he earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography, and Sing Sing (2023), earning a nomination for the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography.