Eagle Egilsson

Egill Örn Egilsson is an Icelandic television director and cinematographer.

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 WireThe 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 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, and has directed several episodes of the original CSI series, among others.

In 2014, Egilsson joined the crew of Once Upon a Time as a screen director.

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.

Personal life
Egill lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.

Once Upon a Time directing credits
The following is a list of episodes of Once Upon a Time that credit Gierhart as their director.
 * "Quiet Minds" (3.15)