Fabian Wagner

Fabian Wagner (born April 25, 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, 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".

Fabian Wagner
Born (1978-04-25) April 25, 1978
Munich, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materNorthern Film School (Master's degree)
OccupationCinematographer
Years active2004–present

Life and career

Fabian Wagner was born in Munich, 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

As cinematographer

Film
Year Film Director
2015 The Legend of Barney Thomson Robert Carlyle
Victor Frankenstein Paul McGuigan
2017 Justice League Zack Snyder
2018 Overlord Julius Avery
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League Zack Snyder

Television
Year Show Season Episodes
2008 Spooks: Code 9 1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
2009 Ashes to Ashes 2 3, 4
The Street 3 4, 5
The Fixer 2 3, 4
Hustle 5 1, 2
2010 6 5, 6
Survivors 2 3, 4
Pulse TV movie
Spooks 9 2, 3
Accused 1 1, 2, 5, 6
2011 Hustle 7 5, 6
Scott & Bailey 1 1, 2, 3, 4
Frankenstein's Wedding Musical broadcast
DCI Banks 1 3, 4
2012 Mrs Biggs 1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Accused 2 1, 4
Sherlock 2 1, 2, 3
Sinbad 1 8, 9, 10
2013 Lucky 7 1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
The White Queen 1 7, 8, 9, 10
Da Vinci's Demons 1 3, 4, 5, 6
2014 2 1
Game of Thrones 4 6, 7
2015 5 7, 8
Churchill's Secret TV movie
Make Your Face Funny for Money... With Make-Up TV movie
Make Your Face Funny for Money: The Mechanics TV movie
2016 The Family 1 1
Game of Thrones 6 9, 10
2019 8 3, 5

Accolades
YearAwardCategoryShowEpisodeResultRef.
2012Creative Arts Emmy AwardOutstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or MovieSherlock"A Scandal in Belgravia"Nominated[3]
2014AACTA AwardBest Cinematography in TelevisionMrs Biggs"Episode 3"Nominated[4]
2015American Society of Cinematographers AwardBest Cinematography in Regular SeriesGame of Thrones"Mockingbird"Nominated[5]
2015Creative Arts Emmy AwardOutstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series"Hardhome"Nominated[3]
2016American Society of Cinematographers AwardBest Cinematography in Regular Series"Hardhome"Nominated[6]
2017American Society of Cinematographers AwardBest Cinematography in Regular Series"Battle of the Bastards"Won[7]

References
  1. The Northern Film School Archived 2014-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Interview with München.de (German)]
  3. "Fabian Wagner". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  4. Groves, Don (January 28, 2014). "Baz's creative team cleans up at AACTA Awards". If Magazine. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  5. Giardina, Carolyn (November 19, 2014). "'Game of Thrones,' 'Manhattan,' 'Gotham' Lead ASC Nominations for TV Cinematography". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  6. Giardina, Carolyn (February 14, 2016). "ASC Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  7. Giardina, Carolyn (February 4, 2017). "'Lion' Tops ASC Cinematographer Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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