Fabian Wagner (born 25 April 1978) is a German cinematographer. His roles in the production of the television shows ''
Sherlock'' and ''
Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
'' have earned him two
Creative Arts Emmy Award
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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
"Battle of the Bastards" is the ninth and penultimate episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series ''Game of Thrones'' and its 59th episode overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and dire ...
".
Life and career
Fabian Wagner was born in
Munich
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, Germany. He studied at the
Northern Film School
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in Leeds, earning a master's degree. 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
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, 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
'', for which he filmed all six episodes. Since then he has been working all across the world on various productions. His first feature film ''
won the Scottish Bafta award for best movie. His work on the ''
" earned him two Emmy nominations in 2012 and 2015, respectively.