Fabian Wagner

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Fabian Wagner
Born (1978-04-25) 25 April 1978 (age 46)
Alma mater Northern Film School (Master's degree)
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active2004–present

Fabian Wagner (born 25 April 1978) is a German cinematographer. His roles in the production of the television shows Sherlock and Game of Thrones have earned him two Creative Arts Emmy Award nominations. In 2017 and 2020 respectively, he won the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for his work on the Game of Thrones episode "Battle of the Bastards" and for his work on season 3 of The Crown .

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Life and career

Fabian Wagner was born in Munich, West Germany. He studied at the Northern Film School in Leeds, earning a master's degree. [1] Starting in 2004, Wagner began working as a cinematographer, first shooting music videos and short films. In 2008, he began working regularly on television shows for BBC and ITV, and since then has been working almost exclusively for British and American film companies. His first role as a cinematographer for a TV show was for the 2008 BBC Three drama series Spooks: Code 9 , for which he filmed all six episodes. Since then he has been working all across the world on various productions. His first feature film The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015) under director Robert Carlyle won the Scottish Bafta award for best movie. His work on the Sherlock episode "A Scandal in Belgravia" and the Game of Thrones episode "Hardhome" earned him two Emmy nominations in 2012 and 2015, respectively. [2] He has also been nominated for ASC and BSC awards and has become one of the youngest members of the British Society of Cinematographers.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2015 The Legend of Barney Thomson Robert Carlyle
Victor Frankenstein Paul McGuigan
2017 Justice League Zack Snyder Wagner was not involved with the reshoots by Joss Whedon [a]
2018 Overlord Julius Avery Shared credit with Laurie Rose
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League Zack Snyder
2024 Venom: The Last Dance Kelly Marcel

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2008-2010 Spooks: Code 9 Toby Haynes
Brendan Maher
Mat Whitecross
Michael Caton-Jones
8 episodes
2009 Ashes to Ashes Ben Bolt2 episodes
The Street David Blair Episodes "The Hero" and "Past Life"
The Fixer Sarah O'Gorman2 episodes
2009-2011 Hustle James Strong
Luke Watson
Colin Teague
6 episodes
2010 Survivors David Evans2 episodes
2010-2012 Accused David Blair
Ashley Pearce
6 episodes
2011 Scott & Bailey Sarah Pia Anderson
Syd Macartney
4 episodes
DCI Banks Paul WhittingtonEpisode "Playing with Fire" (Part 1 and 2)
2012 Sherlock Paul McGuigan
Toby Haynes
3 episodes
Sinbad Colin Teague3 episodes
Mrs Biggs Paul WhittingtonMiniseries
2013 The White Queen Colin Teague4 episodes
Lucky 7
2013-2014 Da Vinci's Demons Jamie Payne
Paul Wilmshurst
Charles Sturridge
5 episodes
2014-2019 Game of Thrones Alik Sakharov
Miguel Sapochnik
8 episodes
2016 The Family Paul McGuiganEpisode "Pilot"
2019 The Crown Sam DonovanEpisodes "Dangling Man" and "Imbroglio"
2022 House of the Dragon Miguel SapochnikEpisodes "The Heirs of the Dragon", "The Princess and the Queen" and "Driftmark"

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
2010Pulse James Hawes
2011 Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds Colin Teague
2015Make Your Face Funny for Money: The MechanicsSarah O'Gorman
Make Your Face Funny for Money... With Make-Up
Churchill's Secret Charles Sturridge

Awards and nominations

American Society of Cinematographers

YearCategoryTitleEpisodeResultRef.
2015 Best Cinematography in Regular Series Game of Thrones"Mockingbird"Nominated [3]
2016"Hardhome"Nominated [4]
2017"Battle of the Bastards"Won [5]
2021 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in an Episode
of a One-Hour Television Series – Non-Commercial
The Crown"Imbroglio"Won [6]

British Society of Cinematographers

YearCategoryTitleEpisodeResultRef.
2015 Best Cinematography in a Television Drama Game of Thrones"Hardhome"Nominated [7]
2016"The Winds of Winter"Nominated [7]
2022House of the Dragon"The Heirs of the Dragon"Nominated

AACTA Awards

YearCategoryTitleEpisodeResultRef.
2014Best Cinematography in Television Mrs Biggs "Episode 3"Nominated [8]

Creative Arts Emmy Awards

YearCategoryTitleEpisodeResultRef.
2012 Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie Sherlock "A Scandal in Belgravia"Nominated [9]
2015Game of Thrones"Hardhome"Nominated [9]

OFTA Television Awards

YearCategoryTitleResult
2012Best Cinematography in a Non-SeriesSherlockWon
2014Best Cinematography in a SeriesGame of ThronesWon

Toronto After Dark Film Festival

YearCategoryTitleResult
2018Best Cinematography Overlord Won

Notes

  1. Jean-Philippe Gossart took over as DoP, but Wagner received sole credit, even though only 10% of his material was used in the theatrical cut

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