Phil Abraham

Phil Abraham is an American cinematographer and television director. He has received nominations for eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning in 2008. He is known for his work on the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos and the AMC period drama series Mad Men.

Career He worked on all six seasons of The Sopranos, initially as a camera operator, 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". He attended high school at York Preparatory School and graduated from Wesleyan University, along with Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner.

Filmography Director

Cinematographer

Awards and nominations Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref. Primetime Emmy Awards 2000 Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) The Sopranos (episode: "D–Girl") 2004 Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) The Sopranos (episode: "Irregular Around the Margins") 2006 Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) The Sopranos (episode: "The Ride") 2007 Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) The Sopranos (episode: "Soprano Home Movies") 2008 Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) Mad Men (episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 2009 Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Mad Men (episode: "The Jet Set") 2012 Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Mad Men (episode: "The Other Woman") 2020 Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Most Dangerous Game