Pat Scola
American cinematographer
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Pat Scola is an American cinematographer.
A native of New York,[1] Scola developed his interest in photography during his high school days and working in its darkroom.[2] Scola would go on to attend Emerson College, graduating in 2008.[3]
Scola worked as cinematographer for several music videos from artists such as The Weeknd and J. Cole.[4]
For his work on the film Pig (2021) directed by Michael Sarnoski, Scola received critical acclaim, and was awarded the American Society of Cinematographers Spotlight Award.[5] Scola would collaborate with Sanorski again on A Quiet Place: Day One (2024),[6] and The Death of Robin Hood (2026).[7] Additional credits include Monsters and Men (2018),[8] We Grown Now (2023), for which he earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography,[9] and Sing Sing (2023), earning a nomination for the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | A Beautiful Now | Daniela Amavia | Credited as Patrick Scola |
| 2016 | Southside with You | Richard Tanne | |
| 2017 | Maya Dardel | Zachary Cotler Magdalena Zyzak |
Credited as Patrick Scola |
| And Then I Go | Vincent Grashaw | ||
| 2018 | Monsters and Men | Reinaldo Marcus Green | |
| 2021 | Pig | Michael Sarnoski | 1st of 3 collaborations with Sarnoski |
| Mother/Android | Mattson Tomlin | Credited as Patrick Scola | |
| 2023 | We Grown Now | Minhal Baig | |
| Sing Sing | Greg Kwedar | ||
| 2024 | A Quiet Place: Day One | Michael Sarnoski | |
| 2025 | Lurker | Alex Russell | |
| 2026 | The Death of Robin Hood | Michael Sarnoski |