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{{Short description|American cinematographer and television director}}
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'''Phil Abraham''' is an American [[cinematographer]] and [[television director]]. He worked on all six seasons of ''[[The Sopranos]]'', initially as a camera operator,<ref>{{cite web|title=An Offer He Could Not Refuse: Phil Abraham Shoots 'The Sopranos'|url=http://www.tiffen.com/tiffen45.pdf|website=Tiffen Xpressions|accessdateaccess-date=April 21, 2015|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928171051/http://www.tiffen.com/tiffen45.pdf|archivedatearchive-date=September 28, 2010|date=April 2000}}</ref> 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 [[Television pilot|pilot]] of ''[[Mad Men]]'' and has been nominated for four other Primetime Emmy Awards for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series|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 (Mad Men)|The Other Woman]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.emmys.com/nominationsawards/nominees-winners/2012/Outstanding%20Directing%20For%20A%20Drama%20Seriesoutstanding-directing-for-a-drama-series|title=404 PageNominees/Winners Not Found|work=Television Academy|accessdateaccess-date=89 JuneSeptember 20152019}}</ref> He attended high school at [[York Preparatory School]] and graduated from [[Wesleyan University]], along with ''Mad Men'' creator [[Matthew Weiner]].
 
==Filmography==
 
===Director===
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! scope="col" | Title
! Year !! Series !! Episode !! Notes
! scope="col" | Episode(s)
|-
| rowspan="3"15| |20162007-2015
| rowspan="2"15| |''[[DaredevilMad (TV series)|DaredevilMen]]''
| "[[The Hobo Code]]"
|"Bang"
|Season 2, episode 1
|-
| "[[Maidenform (Mad Men)|Maidenform]]"
|"Dogs to a Gunfight"
|Season 2, episode 2
|-
|'' "[[BatesThe MotelJet Set (TVMad seriesMen)|BatesThe MotelJet Set]]'' "
|"Till Death Do You Part"
|Season 4, episode 3
|-
| "[[Out of Town (Mad Men)|Out of Town]]"
| rowspan="10" |2015
| rowspan="2" |''[[Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)|Halt and Catch Fire]]''
|"New Coke"
|Season 2, episode 2
|-
| "[[The Fog (Mad Men)|The Fog]]"
|"Heaven is A Place"
|Season 2, episode 10
|-
|'' "[[Bates MotelSouvenir (TVMad seriesMen)|Bates MotelSouvenir]]''"
|"Norma Louise"
|Season 3, episode 6
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[ThePublic StrainRelations (TVMad seriesMen)|''ThePublic Strain''Relations]]"
|"The Assassin"
|Season 2, episode 10
|-
| "[[The Summer Man]]"
|"Dead End"
|Season 2, episode 11
|-
|'' "[[MadChinese MenWall (seasonMad 7Men)|MadChinese MenWall]]''"
|"Lost Horizon"
|Season 7, episode 12
|-
| "[[Lady Lazarus (Mad Men)|Lady Lazarus]]"
| rowspan="2" |''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''
|"We Can Be Heroes"
|Season 3, episode 11
|-
| "[[The Other Woman (Mad Men)|The Other Woman]]"
|"Trust No Bitch"
|Season 3, episode 13
|-
| "The Quality of Mercy"
|rowspan=2|''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]''
|"Into the Ring"
|Season 1, episode 1<ref name="BBFC">{{cite web|url=http://bbfc.co.uk/search/releases/daredevil|title=Daredevil|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=February 18, 2015|accessdate=February 18, 2015|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6WR7a8E6D|archivedate=February 18, 2015|deadurl=no}}</ref>
|-
| "CutThe Better ManHalf"
|Season 1, episode 2<ref name="BBFC"/>
|-
| "The Strategy"
|-
| "Lost Horizon"
| rowspan="6" |2014
|''[[The Strain (TV series)|The Strain]]''
|"The Master"
|Season 1, episode 13
|-
| 2007
|''[[Mad Men (season 7)|Mad Men]]''
|" ''[[The Strategy"Sopranos]]''
| "[[Remember When (The Sopranos)|Remember When]]"
|Season 7, episode 6
|-
 
| rowspan="2" |''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''
 
|"A Whole Other Hole"
| 2008
|Season 2, episode 4
| ''[[Crash (2008 TV series)|Crash]]''
| "F-36, Sprint Left, T-4"
|-
| 2009
|"It Was The Change"
| ''[[Breaking Bad]]''
|Season 2, episode 12
| "[[Over (Breaking Bad)|Over]]"
|-
|rowspan=2|2009-2010
|''[[Ray Donovan]]''
|rowspan=2| ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]''
|"Gem and Loan"
| "Service"
|Season 2, episode 3
|-
| "June Wedding"
|''[[Those Who Kill (U.S. TV series)|Those Who Kill]]''
|"Rocking The Boat"
|Season 1, episode 3
|-
| rowspan="7" 2|2013 2010
 
| rowspan="2" |''[[Mad Men]]''
|"The Quality''[[Mercy of(TV series)|Mercy"]]''
| "I Did Kill You, Didn't I?"
|Season 6, episode 12
|-
| ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]''
|"The Better Half"
| "[[Bottlenecked]]"
|Season 6, episode 9
|-
|rowspan=5| 2011
|''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''
| ''[[The Good Wife]]''
|"Moscow Mule"
| "Wrongful Termination"
|Season 1, episode 8
|-
| ''[[MastersLights Out (2011 TV ofseries)|Lights SexOut]]''
| "PhallicHead VictoriesGames"
|Season 1, episode 11
|-
| ''[[The KillingWalking (U.S.Dead (TV series)|The KillingWalking Dead]]''
| "[[FromSave the UpLast HereOne]]"
|Season 3, episode 11
|-
| ''[[HostagesHell (Americanon Wheels (TV series)|HostagesHell On Wheels]]''
| "Burden[[A New Birth of TruthFreedom]]"
|Season 1, episode 10
|-
| ''[[The FollowingPlayboy Club]]''
| "A Tryst of Fate" (unaired)
|"The Siege"
|Season 1, episode 5
|-
| rowspan="7" 4|20122011-2013
| rowspan="2" 4| ''[[MadThe MenKilling (seasonAmerican TV 5series)|MadThe MenKilling]]''
| "[[LadySuper Lazarus8 (MadThe MenKilling)|LadySuper Lazarus8]]"
|Season 5, episode 8
|-
| "[[Ogi Jun]]"
|"[[The Other Woman (Mad Men)|The Other Woman]]"
|Season 5, episode 11
|-
| "[[Sayonara, Hiawatha]]"
|''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]''
|"You Do It Yourself"
|Season 1, episode 9
|-
|'' "[[BossFrom (TVUp series)|BossHere]]''"
|"Redemption"
|Season 2, episode 4
|-
| rowspan=3| 2012
| rowspan="2" |''[[The Killing (U.S. TV series)|The Killing]]''
| ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]''
|"[[Ogi Jun]]"
| "You Do It Yourself"
|Season 2, episode 4
|-
| ''[[Boss (TV series)|Boss]]''
|"[[Sayonara, Hiawatha]]"
| "Redemption"
|Season 2, episode 9
|-
| ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''
| "[[Five Miles Fromfrom Yetzer Hara]]"
|Season 8, episode 8
|-
| rowspan="6" 3|20112013
| ''[[TheMasters Goodof WifeSex]]''
| "Phallic Victories"
|"Wrongful Termination"
|Season 2, episode 19
|-
| ''[[Lights OutHostages (2011American TV series)|Lights OutHostages]]''
| "Burden of Truth"
|"Head Games"
|Season 1, episode 8
|-
| ''[[The Killing (U.S. TV series)|The KillingFollowing]]''
| "The Siege"
|"[[Super 8 (The Killing)|Super 8]]"
|Season 1, episode 5
|-
|rowspan=5| 2013-2015
|''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''
|rowspan=5|''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''
|"Save The Last One"
| "Moscow Mule"
|Season 2, episode 3
|-
| "[[A Whole Other Hole]]"
|''[[Hell on Wheels (TV series)|Hell On Wheels]]''
|"A New Birth of Freedom"
|Season 1, episode 3
|-
|'' "[[TheIt Was Playboythe ClubChange]]''"
|"A Tryst of Fate" (unaired)
|Season 1, episode 6
|-
| "We Can Be Heroes"
| rowspan="6" |2010
| rowspan="3" |''[[Mad Men (season 4)|Mad Men]]''
|"[[Public Relations (Mad Men)|Public Relations]]"
|Season 4, episode 1
|-
| "[[TheTrust SummerNo Man]]Bitch"
|Season 4, episode 8
|-
| 2014
|"[[Chinese Wall (Mad Men)|Chinese Wall]]"
| ''[[Those Who Kill (American TV series)|Those Who Kill]]''
|Season 4, episode 11
| "Rocking The Boat"
|-
|rowspan=3| 2014-2015
|''[[Mercy (TV series)|Mercy]]''
|rowspan=3| ''[[The Strain (TV series)|The Strain]]''
|"I Did Kill You, Didn't I?"
| "The Master"
|Season 1, episode 15
|-
| "The Assassin"
|''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]''
|"Bottlenecked"
|Season 1, episode 12
|-
| "Dead End"
|''[[Sons of Anarchy]]''
|"June Wedding"
|Season 3, episode 12
|-
|rowspan=52|2009 2014-2016
|rowspan=2| ''[[BreakingRay BadDonovan]]''
| "Gem and Loan"
|"Over"
|Season 2, episode 10
|-
| "Federal Boobie Inspector"
|rowspan=3|''[[Mad Men (season 3)|Mad Men]]''
|"Out of Town"
|Season 3, episode 1
|-
|rowspan=2| 2015
|"The Fog"
|rowspan=2| ''[[Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)|Halt and Catch Fire]]''
|Season 3, episode 5
| "New Coke"
|-
| "Heaven is A Place"
|"Souvenir"
|Season 3, episode 8
|-
 
|''[[Sons of Anarchy]]''
|rowspan=2| 2015-2016
|"Service"
|rowspan=2| ''[[Bates Motel (TV series)|Bates Motel]]''
|Season 2, episode 11
| "Norma Louise"
|-
| "Till Death Do You Part"
|rowspan=3|2008
|rowspan=2|''[[Mad Men (season 2)|Mad Men]]''
|"Maidenform"
|Season 2, episode 6
|-
 
|"The Jet Set"
 
|Season 2, episode 11
|rowspan=5| 2015-2018
|rowspan=5| ''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]''
| "[[Into the Ring]]"<ref name="BBFC">{{cite web|url=http://bbfc.co.uk/search/releases/daredevil|title=Daredevil|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=February 18, 2015|access-date=February 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616161441/http://bbfc.co.uk/search/releases/daredevil|archive-date=June 16, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|'' "[[CrashCut (2008Man TV series(Daredevil)|CrashCut Man]]''"
|"F-36, Sprint Left, T-4"
|Season 1, episode 11
|-
| "[[Bang (Daredevil)|Bang]]"
|rowspan=2|2007
|''[[Mad Men (season 1)|Mad Men]]''
|"The Hobo Code"
|Season 1, episode 8
|-
|'' "[[TheDogs to a SopranosGunfight]]''"
|"[[Remember When (The Sopranos)|Remember When]]"
|Season 6, episode 15
|-
| "[[One Last Shot]]"
|}
 
===Cinematographer===
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Year !! Series !! Episode !! Notes
|-
| 2016
|rowspan=8|2007
| ''[[Good Behavior (TV series)|Good Behavior]]''
|rowspan=5|''[[Mad Men]]''
| "The Ballad of Little Santino"
|"Babylon"
|Season 1, episode 6
|-
| 2017
|"New Amsterdam"
| ''[[The Defenders (miniseries)|The Defenders]]''
|Season 1, episode 4
| "[[Royal Dragon]]"
|-
| rowspan=2| 2018
|"Marriage of Figaro"
| rowspan=2| ''[[Ozark (TV series)|Ozark]]''
|Season 1, episode 3
| "Game Day"
|-
| "LadiesOuter RoomDarkness"
|Season 1, episode 2
|-
|rowspan="4" | 2019
|"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Jack Ryan (TV series)|Jack Ryan]]''
|Season 1, episode 1
| "Cargo"
|-
| "Tertia Opio"
|rowspan=9|''[[The Sopranos]]''
|"The Blue Comet"
|Season 6 part 2, episode 20
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Castle Rock (TV series)|Castle Rock]]''
|"Walk Like a Man"
| "Restore Hope"
|Season 6 part 2, episode 17
|-
| "New Jerusalem"
|"Soprano Home Movies"
|Season 6 part 2, episode 13
|-
| rowspan=7"15" |2006 2020
| rowspan="15" | ''[[Most Dangerous Game]]''
|"Cold Stones"
| "The Offer"
|Season 6 part 1, episode 11
|-
| "The RideMotivation"
|Season 6 part 1, episode 9
|-
| "LuxuryThe LoungeRules"
|Season 6 part 1, episode 7
|-
| "The Acceptance"
|"Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request"
|Season 6 part 1, episode 5
|-
| "MayhamThe Start"
|Season 6 part 1, episode 3
|-
| "Wash Hands After Using"
|"Members Only"
|Season 6 part 1, episode 1
|-
| "No Running on the Platform"
|''[[Six Degrees]]''
|-
| "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"
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2023
| rowspan="5" | ''[[Hunters (2020 TV series)|Hunters]]''
| "The Trial of Adolf Hitler"
|-
| "Only the Dead"
|-
| "The Fare"
|-
| "Buenos Aires"
|-
| "Van Glooten's Day 1972 Butter Sculptor of the Year"
|-
| ''[[FUBAR (TV series)|FUBAR]]''
| "Pilot"
|-
|}
 
===Cinematographer===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Episode(s)
|-
|rowspan=5|2007
|rowspan=5|''[[Mad Men]]''
|"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
|-
|"Ladies Room"
|-
|"Marriage of Figaro"
|-
|"New Amsterdam"
|-
|"Babylon"
|-
 
| 2006
|''[[Six Degrees (TV series)|Six Degrees]]''
|"Pilot"
|Season 1, episode 1
|-
 
|rowspan=7|2004
|rowspan=3847|''The Sopranos''1999-2007
|rowspan=47|''[[The Sopranos]]''
|"All Due Respect"
|"The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
|Season 5, episode 13
|-
|"Boca"
|"The Test Dream"
|Season 5, episode 11
|-
|"A Hit is a Hit"
|"Unidentified Black Males"
|Season 5, episode 9
|-
|"Nobody Knows Anything"
|"Sentimental Education"
|Season 5, episode 6
|-
|"Isabella"
|"Irregular Around the Margins"
|Season 5, episode 5
|-
|"I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
|"Where's Johnny?"
|Season 5, episode 3
|-
|"Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office"
|"Two Tonys"
|Season 5, episode 1
|-
|"Do Not Resuscitate"
|rowspan=7|2002
|"Whitecaps"
|Season 4, episode 13
|-
|"Toodle-Fucking-Oo"
|"Calling All Cars"
|Season 4, episode 11
|-
|"Commendatori"
|"Whoever Did This"
|Season 4, episode 9
|-
|"Big Girls Don't Cry"
|"Mergers and Acquisitions"
|Season 4, episode 8
|-
|"The WeightHappy Wanderer"
|Season 4, episode 4
|-
|"ChristopherD-Girl"
|Season 4, episode 3
|-
|"Full Leather Jacket"
|"For All Debts Public and Private"
|Season 4, episode 1
|-
|"From Where to Eternity"
|rowspan=5|2001
|"Army of One"
|Season 3, episode 13
|-
|"Bust-Out"
|"Pine Barrens"
|Season 3, episode 11
|-
|"House Arrest"
|"The Telltale Moozadell"
|Season 3, episode 9
|-
|"The Knight in White Satin Armor"
|"Second Opinion"
|-
|Season 3, episode 7
|"Funhouse"
|-
|"Proshai, Livushka"
|Season 3, episode 2
|-
|"Second Opinion"
|rowspan=13|2000
|"Funhouse"
|Season 2, episode 13
|-
|"The KnightTelltale in White Satin ArmorMoozadell"
|Season 2, episode 12
|-
|"HousePine ArrestBarrens"
|Season 2, episode 11
|-
|"Bust-OutArmy of One"
|Season 2, episode 10
|-
|"For All Debts Public and Private"
|"From Where to Eternity"
|Season 2, episode 9
|-
|"Christopher"
|"Full Leather Jacket"
|Season 2, episode 8
|-
|"D-GirlThe Weight"
|Season 2, episode 7
|-
|"Mergers and Acquisitions"
|"The Happy Wanderer"
|Season 2, episode 6
|-
|"Whoever Did This"
|"Big Girls Don't Cry"
|Season 2, episode 5
|-
|"Calling All Cars"
|"Commendatori"
|Season 2, episode 4
|-
|"Whitecaps"
|"Toodle-Fucking-Oo"
|Season 2, episode 3
|-
|"Two Tonys"
|"Do Not Resuscitate"
|Season 2, episode 2
|-
|"Where's Johnny?"
|"Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office"
|Season 2, episode 1
|-
|"Irregular Around the Margins"
|rowspan=6|1999
|"I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
|Season 1, episode 13
|-
|"Sentimental Education"
|"Isabella"
|Season 1, episode 12
|-
|"Unidentified Black Males"
|"Nobody Knows Anything"
|Season 1, episode 11
|-
|"AThe HitTest is a HitDream"
|Season 1, episode 10
|-
|"All Due Respect"
|"Boca"
|Season 1, episode 9
|-
|"Members Only"
|"The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
|Season 1, episode 8
|-
|"Mayham"
|}
 
===Camera operator===
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Year !! Series !! Episode !! Notes
|-
|"Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request"
|rowspan=4|1999
|rowspan=4|''[[The Sopranos]]''
|"Down Neck"
|Season 1, episode 7
|-
|"PaxLuxury SopranaLounge"
|Season 1, episode 6
|-
|"CollegeThe Ride"
|Season 1, episode 5
|-
|"Cold Stones"
|"Denial, Anger, Acceptance"
|Season 1, episode 3
|-
|"Soprano Home Movies"
|-
|"Walk Like a Man"
|-
|"The Blue Comet"
|}
 
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* {{IMDb name|id=0008971|name=Phil Abraham}}
 
{{Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)}}
 
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