Years active 1993–present Name Eagle Egilsson | Role Television Director | |
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Awards American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series One Episode/Pilot Nominations American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Movies American Virgin, Delta of Venus, Sweet Temptation Similar People Danny Cannon, Ann Donahue, Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E Zuiker, Zalman King | ||
Eagle Egilsson and his Band of Crazy Warriors!
Egill Örn Egilsson [ˈeiːjɪtl œrtn ˈeiːjɪlson] (born 31 August 1966), known as Eagle Egilsson ( ), is an Icelandic television director and cinematographer.
Contents
- Eagle Egilsson and his Band of Crazy Warriors
- H50 BTS filming episode 924 via murfeedee IG
- Life and career
- Awards and honors
- References
H50 BTS - filming episode 9.24 via murfeedee IG
Life and career
Egill was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and studied filmmaking at Columbia College Hollywood, a Los Angeles-based film school. As a cinematographer, he is perhaps best known for his work on The Wire, CSI: Miami (where he was also a co-producer), Dark Blue and numerous television commercials and music videos. In 2008, he directed the Heroes spin-off miniseries Heroes: Destiny.
Since 2011, Egill has mostly worked as a director. He directed numerous episodes of The CW action series Nikita, including the series finale, as well as episodes of Fringe, Alcatraz and Dark Blue. Egill was also a frequent director on seasons 4-6 of CSI: Miami, "Gotham" and has directed several episodes of the original CSI series, among others.
Awards and honors
Egill is a four-time nominee for the American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards, and carried home the award in the television category in 2010 for the Dark Blue episode "Venice Kings", which he also directed. Later that year, he became the first Icelander to be admitted into the ASC, at the age of 44.
