Fabian Wagner

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.

Fabian Wagner
Born	(1978-04-25) 25 April 1978 (age 47) Munich, West Germany
Alma mater	Northern Film School (Master's degree)
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2004–present

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

Year	Title	Director	Notes
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
2026	Masters of the Universe	Travis Knight	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2008-2010	Spooks: Code 9	Toby Haynes Brendan Maher Mat Whitecross Michael Caton-Jones	8 episodes
2009	Ashes to Ashes	Ben Bolt	2 episodes
	The Street	David Blair	Episodes "The Hero" and "Past Life"
	The Fixer	Sarah O'Gorman	2 episodes
2009-2011	Hustle	James Strong Luke Watson Colin Teague	6 episodes
2010	Survivors	David Evans	2 episodes
2010-2012	Accused	David Blair Ashley Pearce	6 episodes
2011	Scott & Bailey	Sarah Pia Anderson Syd Macartney	4 episodes
	DCI Banks	Paul Whittington	Episode "Playing with Fire" (Part 1 and 2)
2012	Sherlock	Paul McGuigan Toby Haynes	3 episodes
	Sinbad	Colin Teague	3 episodes
	Mrs Biggs	Paul Whittington	Miniseries
2013	The White Queen	Colin Teague	4 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 McGuigan	Episode "Pilot"
2019	The Crown	Sam Donovan	Episodes "Dangling Man" and "Imbroglio"
2022	House of the Dragon	Miguel Sapochnik	Episodes "The Heirs of the Dragon", "The Princess and the Queen" and "Driftmark"

TV movies

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

Awards and nominations

American Society of Cinematographers

Year	Category	Title	Episode	Result	Ref.
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

Year	Category	Title	Episode	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Cinematography in a Television Drama	Game of Thrones	"Hardhome"	Nominated	[7]
2016			"The Winds of Winter"	Nominated	[7]
2022		House of the Dragon	"The Heirs of the Dragon"	Nominated

AACTA Awards

Year	Category	Title	Episode	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Cinematography in Television	Mrs Biggs	"Episode 3"	Nominated	[8]

Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Title	Episode	Result	Ref.
2012	Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie	Sherlock	"A Scandal in Belgravia"	Nominated	[9]
2015		Game of Thrones	"Hardhome"	Nominated	[9]

OFTA Television Awards

Year	Category	Title	Result
2012	Best Cinematography in a Non-Series	Sherlock	Won
2014	Best Cinematography in a Series	Game of Thrones	Won

Toronto After Dark Film Festival

Year	Category	Title	Result
2018	Best 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