Who was the cinematographer for The Odyssey?

Hoyte van Hoytema was the cinematographer for The Odyssey.

Van Hoytema, a Dutch-Swedish cinematographer, reunited with Christopher Nolan after photographing several of the director’s major films, including Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet, and Oppenheimer. His role involved shaping the film’s visual design, lighting, camera choices, and photographic style rather than simply operating the camera on set.

The Odyssey marked an especially ambitious technical project for the cinematographer. It was described as the first blockbuster shot entirely with IMAX film cameras, using a lighter and quieter IMAX camera developed for the production. The filmmakers also photographed extensive location footage to give the mythic journey a physical, real-world scale.

A common mix-up is confusing van Hoytema with Greig Fraser, Roger Deakins, or Wally Pfister, all prominent cinematographers associated with major Hollywood films. Van Hoytema’s collaboration with Nolan began on Interstellar and continued through this adaptation of Homer’s epic, making him one of the director’s most important recurring visual partners.