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
Director
| Year | Series | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mad Men | "The Hobo Code" | Season 1, episode 8 |
| The Sopranos | "Remember When" | Season 6, episode 15 | |
| 2008 | Mad Men | "Maidenform" | Season 2, episode 6 |
| "The Jet Set" | Season 2, episode 11 | ||
| Crash | "F-36, Sprint Left, T-4" | Season 1, episode 11 | |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | "Over" | Season 2, episode 10 |
| Mad Men | "Out of Town" | Season 3, episode 1 | |
| "The Fog" | Season 3, episode 5 | ||
| "Souvenir" | Season 3, episode 8 | ||
| Sons of Anarchy | "Service" | Season 2, episode 11 | |
| 2010 | Mad Men | "Public Relations" | Season 4, episode 1 |
| "The Summer Man" | Season 4, episode 8 | ||
| "Chinese Wall" | Season 4, episode 11 | ||
| Mercy | "I Did Kill You, Didn't I?" | Season 1, episode 15 | |
| White Collar | "Bottlenecked" | Season 1, episode 12 | |
| Sons of Anarchy | "June Wedding" | Season 3, episode 12 | |
| 2011 | The Good Wife | "Wrongful Termination" | Season 2, episode 19 |
| Lights Out | "Head Games" | Season 1, episode 8 | |
| The Killing | "Super 8" | Season 1, episode 5 | |
| The Walking Dead | "Save the Last One" | Season 2, episode 3 | |
| Hell On Wheels | "A New Birth of Freedom" | Season 1, episode 3 | |
| The Playboy Club | "A Tryst of Fate" (unaired) | Season 1, episode 6 | |
| 2012 | Mad Men | "Lady Lazarus" | Season 5, episode 8 |
| "The Other Woman" | Season 5, episode 11 | ||
| Elementary | "You Do It Yourself" | Season 1, episode 9 | |
| Boss | "Redemption" | Season 2, episode 4 | |
| The Killing | "Ogi Jun" | Season 2, episode 4 | |
| "Sayonara, Hiawatha" | Season 2, episode 9 | ||
| Weeds | "Five Miles from Yetzer Hara" | Season 8, episode 8 | |
| 2013 | Mad Men | "The Quality of Mercy" | Season 6, episode 12 |
| "The Better Half" | Season 6, episode 9 | ||
| Orange Is the New Black | "Moscow Mule" | Season 1, episode 8 | |
| Masters of Sex | "Phallic Victories" | Season 1, episode 11 | |
| The Killing | "From Up Here" | Season 3, episode 11 | |
| Hostages | "Burden of Truth" | Season 1, episode 10 | |
| The Following | "The Siege" | Season 1, episode 5 | |
| 2014 | The Strain | "The Master" | Season 1, episode 13 |
| Mad Men | "The Strategy" | Season 7, episode 6 | |
| Orange Is the New Black | "A Whole Other Hole" | Season 2, episode 4 | |
| "It Was the Change" | Season 2, episode 12 | ||
| Ray Donovan | "Gem and Loan" | Season 2, episode 3 | |
| Those Who Kill | "Rocking The Boat" | Season 1, episode 3 | |
| 2015 | Halt and Catch Fire | "New Coke" | Season 2, episode 2 |
| "Heaven is A Place" | Season 2, episode 10 | ||
| Bates Motel | "Norma Louise" | Season 3, episode 6 | |
| The Strain | "The Assassin" | Season 2, episode 10 | |
| "Dead End" | Season 2, episode 11 | ||
| Mad Men | "Lost Horizon" | Season 7, episode 12 | |
| Orange Is the New Black | "We Can Be Heroes" | Season 3, episode 11 | |
| "Trust No Bitch" | Season 3, episode 13 | ||
| Daredevil | "Into the Ring" | Season 1, episode 1[3] | |
| "Cut Man" | Season 1, episode 2[3] | ||
| 2016 | Daredevil | "Bang" | Season 2, episode 1 |
| "Dogs to a Gunfight" | Season 2, episode 2 | ||
| Ray Donovan | "Federal Boobie Inspector" | Season 4, episode 4 | |
| Bates Motel | "Till Death Do You Part" | Season 4, episode 3 | |
| Good Behavior | "The Ballad of Little Santino" | Season 1, episode 7 | |
| 2017 | The Defenders | "Royal Dragon" | Miniseries, episode 4 |
| 2018 | Ozark | "Game Day" | Season 2, episode 5 |
| "Outer Darkness" | Season 2, episode 6 | ||
| Daredevil | "One Last Shot" | Season 3, episode 12 | |
| 2019 | Jack Ryan | "Cargo" | Season 2, episode 1 |
| "Tertia Opio" | Season 2, episode 2 | ||
| Castle Rock | "Restore Hope" | Season 2, episode 4 | |
| "New Jerusalem" | Season 2, episode 2 | ||
| 2020 | Most Dangerous Game | "The Offer" | Season 1, episode 1 |
| "The Motivation" | Season 1, episode 2 | ||
| "The Rules" | Season 1, episode 3 | ||
| "The Acceptance" | Season 1, episode 4 | ||
| "The Start" | Season 1, episode 5 | ||
| "Wash Hands After Using" | Season 1, episode 6 | ||
| "No Running on the Platform" | Season 1, episode 7 | ||
| "Please Whisper in Church" | Season 1, episode 8 | ||
| "Return Tools to their Place" | Season 1, episode 9 | ||
| "Five for Fighting" | Season 1, episode 10 | ||
| "You Always Remember Your First" | Season 1, episode 11 | ||
| "A Ship Is Safe Only In Port" | Season 1, episode 12 | ||
| "Always Gets a Second Opinion" | Season 1, episode 13 | ||
| "What's Old Is New Again" | Season 1, episode 14 | ||
| "Game Over" | Season 1, episode 15 | ||
| 2023 | Hunters | "The Trial of Adolf Hitler" | Season 2, episode 8 |
| "Only the Dead" | Season 2, episode 6 | ||
| "The Fare" | Season 2, episode 4 | ||
| "Buenos Aires" | Season 2, episode 2 | ||
| "Van Glooten's Day 1972 Butter Sculptor of the Year" | Season 2, episode 1 | ||
| FUBAR | "Pilot" | Season 1, episode 1 | |
Cinematographer
| Year | Series | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Mad Men | "Babylon" | Season 1, episode 6 |
| "New Amsterdam" | Season 1, episode 4 | ||
| "Marriage of Figaro" | Season 1, episode 3 | ||
| "Ladies Room" | Season 1, episode 2 | ||
| "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Season 1, episode 1 | ||
| The Sopranos | "The Blue Comet" | Season 6 part 2, episode 20 | |
| "Walk Like a Man" | Season 6 part 2, episode 17 | ||
| "Soprano Home Movies" | Season 6 part 2, episode 13 | ||
| 2006 | "Cold Stones" | Season 6 part 1, episode 11 | |
| "The Ride" | Season 6 part 1, episode 9 | ||
| "Luxury Lounge" | Season 6 part 1, episode 7 | ||
| "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request" | Season 6 part 1, episode 5 | ||
| "Mayham" | Season 6 part 1, episode 3 | ||
| "Members Only" | Season 6 part 1, episode 1 | ||
| Six Degrees | "Pilot" | Season 1, episode 1 | |
| 2004 | The Sopranos | "All Due Respect" | Season 5, episode 13 |
| "The Test Dream" | Season 5, episode 11 | ||
| "Unidentified Black Males" | Season 5, episode 9 | ||
| "Sentimental Education" | Season 5, episode 6 | ||
| "Irregular Around the Margins" | Season 5, episode 5 | ||
| "Where's Johnny?" | Season 5, episode 3 | ||
| "Two Tonys" | Season 5, episode 1 | ||
| 2002 | "Whitecaps" | Season 4, episode 13 | |
| "Calling All Cars" | Season 4, episode 11 | ||
| "Whoever Did This" | Season 4, episode 9 | ||
| "Mergers and Acquisitions" | Season 4, episode 8 | ||
| "The Weight" | Season 4, episode 4 | ||
| "Christopher" | Season 4, episode 3 | ||
| "For All Debts Public and Private" | Season 4, episode 1 | ||
| 2001 | "Army of One" | Season 3, episode 13 | |
| "Pine Barrens" | Season 3, episode 11 | ||
| "The Telltale Moozadell" | Season 3, episode 9 | ||
| "Second Opinion" | Season 3, episode 7 | ||
| "Proshai, Livushka" | Season 3, episode 2 | ||
| 2000 | "Funhouse" | Season 2, episode 13 | |
| "The Knight in White Satin Armor" | Season 2, episode 12 | ||
| "House Arrest" | Season 2, episode 11 | ||
| "Bust-Out" | Season 2, episode 10 | ||
| "From Where to Eternity" | Season 2, episode 9 | ||
| "Full Leather Jacket" | Season 2, episode 8 | ||
| "D-Girl" | Season 2, episode 7 | ||
| "The Happy Wanderer" | Season 2, episode 6 | ||
| "Big Girls Don't Cry" | Season 2, episode 5 | ||
| "Commendatori" | Season 2, episode 4 | ||
| "Toodle-Fucking-Oo" | Season 2, episode 3 | ||
| "Do Not Resuscitate" | Season 2, episode 2 | ||
| "Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office" | Season 2, episode 1 | ||
| 1999 | "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano" | Season 1, episode 13 | |
| "Isabella" | Season 1, episode 12 | ||
| "Nobody Knows Anything" | Season 1, episode 11 | ||
| "A Hit is a Hit" | Season 1, episode 10 | ||
| "Boca" | Season 1, episode 9 | ||
| "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" | Season 1, episode 8 | ||
Camera operator
| Year | Series | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Sopranos | "Down Neck" | Season 1, episode 7 |
| "Pax Soprana" | Season 1, episode 6 | ||
| "College" | Season 1, episode 5 | ||
| "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" | Season 1, episode 3 | ||
References
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "Daredevil". British Board of Film Classification. February 18, 2015. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
External links
- Phil Abraham at IMDb
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