Actor

Phil Abraham

Directing

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

0.4

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Movies: 12Series: 46Crew credits: 56

TMDB ID: 1214445

IMDb ID: nm0008971

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1987 - 2026

Years active: 40

Average TMDB rating: 7.29

Wikidata: Q7181639

Also known as

Philip Abraham • Phillip Abraham

Other jobs

Director (42)Director of Photography (7)Executive Producer (3)First Assistant Camera (2)Second Assistant Camera (1)Second Unit Director of Photography (1)

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Biography

Phil Abraham is an American cinematographer and television director.He worked on all six seasons of The Sopranos, initially as a cameraoperator, 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.