Phil Abraham
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 |
2016 |
Daredevil |
"Bang" |
Season 2, episode 1 |
"Dogs to a Gunfight" |
Season 2, episode 2 |
Bates Motel |
"Till Death Do You Part" |
Season 4, 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] |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
2007 |
Mad Men |
"The Hobo Code" |
Season 1, episode 8 |
The Sopranos |
"Remember When" |
Season 6, episode 15 |
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 |
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