Phil Abraham
Phil Abraham | |
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| Occupation(s) | Television director, cinematographer, camera operator |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Phil Abraham is an American cinematographer and television director. He worked on all six seasons of The Sopranos, initially as a camera operator,[1] then as a cinematographer and eventually as an episodic director. He won the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a One Hour Series for his work on the pilot of Mad Men and has been nominated for four other Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series for his work on The Sopranos. Besides working as a cinematographer for Mad Men, he has also worked as a director for fifteen episodes. He picked up two more nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Mad Men episodes "The Jet Set" and "The Other Woman".[2] He attended high school at York Preparatory School and graduated from Wesleyan University, along with Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner.
Filmography[edit]
Director[edit]
| Year | Title | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mad Men | "The Hobo Code" |
| The Sopranos | "Remember When" | |
| 2008 | Mad Men | "Maidenform" |
| "The Jet Set" | ||
| Crash | "F-36, Sprint Left, T-4" | |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | "Over" |
| Mad Men | "Out of Town" | |
| "The Fog" | ||
| "Souvenir" | ||
| Sons of Anarchy | "Service" | |
| 2010 | Mad Men | "Public Relations" |
| "The Summer Man" | ||
| "Chinese Wall" | ||
| Mercy | "I Did Kill You, Didn't I?" | |
| White Collar | "Bottlenecked" | |
| Sons of Anarchy | "June Wedding" | |
| 2011 | The Good Wife | "Wrongful Termination" |
| Lights Out | "Head Games" | |
| The Killing | "Super 8" | |
| The Walking Dead | "Save the Last One" | |
| Hell On Wheels | "A New Birth of Freedom" | |
| The Playboy Club | "A Tryst of Fate" (unaired) | |
| 2012 | Mad Men | "Lady Lazarus" |
| "The Other Woman" | ||
| Elementary | "You Do It Yourself" | |
| Boss | "Redemption" | |
| The Killing | "Ogi Jun" | |
| "Sayonara, Hiawatha" | ||
| Weeds | "Five Miles from Yetzer Hara" | |
| 2013 | Mad Men | "The Quality of Mercy" |
| "The Better Half" | ||
| Orange Is the New Black | "Moscow Mule" | |
| Masters of Sex | "Phallic Victories" | |
| The Killing | "From Up Here" | |
| Hostages | "Burden of Truth" | |
| The Following | "The Siege" | |
| 2014 | The Strain | "The Master" |
| Mad Men | "The Strategy" | |
| Orange Is the New Black | "A Whole Other Hole" | |
| "It Was the Change" | ||
| Ray Donovan | "Gem and Loan" | |
| Those Who Kill | "Rocking The Boat" | |
| 2015 | Halt and Catch Fire | "New Coke" |
| "Heaven is A Place" | ||
| Bates Motel | "Norma Louise" | |
| The Strain | "The Assassin" | |
| "Dead End" | ||
| Mad Men | "Lost Horizon" | |
| Orange Is the New Black | "We Can Be Heroes" | |
| "Trust No Bitch" | ||
| Daredevil | "Into the Ring"[3] | |
| "Cut Man"[3] | ||
| 2016 | Daredevil | "Bang" |
| "Dogs to a Gunfight" | ||
| Ray Donovan | "Federal Boobie Inspector" | |
| Bates Motel | "Till Death Do You Part" | |
| Good Behavior | "The Ballad of Little Santino" | |
| 2017 | The Defenders | "Royal Dragon" |
| 2018 | Ozark | "Game Day" |
| "Outer Darkness" | ||
| Daredevil | "One Last Shot" | |
| 2019 | Jack Ryan | "Cargo" |
| "Tertia Opio" | ||
| Castle Rock | "Restore Hope" | |
| "New Jerusalem" | ||
| 2020 | Most Dangerous Game | "The Offer" |
| "The Motivation" | ||
| "The Rules" | ||
| "The Acceptance" | ||
| "The Start" | ||
| "Wash Hands After Using" | ||
| "No Running on the Platform" | ||
| "Please Whisper in Church" | ||
| "Return Tools to their Place" | ||
| "Five for Fighting" | ||
| "You Always Remember Your First" | ||
| "A Ship Is Safe Only In Port" | ||
| "Always Gets a Second Opinion" | ||
| "What's Old Is New Again" | ||
| "Game Over" | ||
| 2023 | Hunters | "The Trial of Adolf Hitler" |
| "Only the Dead" | ||
| "The Fare" | ||
| "Buenos Aires" | ||
| "Van Glooten's Day 1972 Butter Sculptor of the Year" | ||
| FUBAR | "Pilot" |
Cinematographer[edit]
| Year | Title | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mad Men | "Babylon" |
| "New Amsterdam" | ||
| "Marriage of Figaro" | ||
| "Ladies Room" | ||
| "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | ||
| The Sopranos | "The Blue Comet" | |
| "Walk Like a Man" | ||
| "Soprano Home Movies" | ||
| 2006 | "Cold Stones" | |
| "The Ride" | ||
| "Luxury Lounge" | ||
| "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request" | ||
| "Mayham" | ||
| "Members Only" | ||
| Six Degrees | "Pilot" | |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | "All Due Respect" |
| "The Test Dream" | ||
| "Unidentified Black Males" | ||
| "Sentimental Education" | ||
| "Irregular Around the Margins" | ||
| "Where's Johnny?" | ||
| "Two Tonys" | ||
| 2002 | "Whitecaps" | |
| "Calling All Cars" | ||
| "Whoever Did This" | ||
| "Mergers and Acquisitions" | ||
| "The Weight" | ||
| "Christopher" | ||
| "For All Debts Public and Private" | ||
| 2001 | "Army of One" | |
| "Pine Barrens" | ||
| "The Telltale Moozadell" | ||
| "Second Opinion" | ||
| "Proshai, Livushka" | ||
| 2000 | "Funhouse" | |
| "The Knight in White Satin Armor" | ||
| "House Arrest" | ||
| "Bust-Out" | ||
| "From Where to Eternity" | ||
| "Full Leather Jacket" | ||
| "D-Girl" | ||
| "The Happy Wanderer" | ||
| "Big Girls Don't Cry" | ||
| "Commendatori" | ||
| "Toodle-Fucking-Oo" | ||
| "Do Not Resuscitate" | ||
| "Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office" | ||
| 1999 | "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano" | |
| "Isabella" | ||
| "Nobody Knows Anything" | ||
| "A Hit is a Hit" | ||
| "Boca" | ||
| "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" |
References[edit]
- ^ "An Offer He Could Not Refuse: Phil Abraham Shoots 'The Sopranos'" (PDF). Tiffen Xpressions. April 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Daredevil". British Board of Film Classification. February 18, 2015. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Phil Abraham at IMDb
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