Eagle Egilsson

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 coproducer Dark Blue and numerous television commercials and music videos In 2008 he directed the Heroes spinoff miniseries Heroes Destiny He has directed episodes of the television series Dark Blue and CSI Miami among others He has directed several installments of The CW action series Nikita for which he has received high accolades Egill is a fourtime 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