Roy Henry Wagner III (born January 12, 1947)Who’s Who in Entertainment. Second edition, 1992–1993 is an American cinematographer known for dramatic, dark imagery. Named by Kodak as one of the "Top 100 Directors of Photography in the World" Wagner's career has spanned 35 years in the motion picture and television industries. He has also received the ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries, and is a two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee.
Wagner is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the American Society of Cinematographers and has won the Producers Guild "Vision Award". He studied with Ansel Adams who taught him to rise to the challenge of new technology. Wagner is extremely active within the American Society of Cinematographers, and contributes much of his free time furthering the charter of the organization.
Filmography Film (1985) Pray for Death (1985) Witchboard (1986) Return to Horror High (1987) Nightforce (1987) A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Another Stakeout (1993) Drop Zone (1994) Nick of Time (1995) The Pest (1997) Cyclops, Baby (1997) (Short film) A Rumor of Angels (2000) Skinwalkers (2002) Shackles (2005) Trouble Sleeping (2015)
Direct-to-video K-9: P.I. (2002) Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation (2008) Streets of Blood (2009) Blood and Bone (2009)
TV series Year Title Notes 1987Beauty and the Beast 5 episodes
Won Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
Nominated for ASC Award Outstanding Cinematography in Regular Series1987-88Houston Knights13 episodes 1989Quantum Leap6 episodes
Won Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series1989-90Christine Cromwell4 episodes1990Cop Rock10 episodes1991The Antagonists1 episodesUnder Cover3 episodes1992Mann & Machine9 episodes2000 Malibu Road5 episodes1994-96Party of Five43 episodes 1997 Gun3 episodes1997-99Cracker1998-99Fantasy Island10 episodes1999-2000Get Real22 episodes2000-01CSI: Crime Scene Investigation9 episodes2001Pasadena9 episodes 2002Push, Nevada7 episodes2005-06House36 episodes2007Burn Notice12 episodesKidnapped7 episodes2009The Beast12 episodesThe Unusuals10 episodes2009-10Make It or Break It19 episodes2013Elementary12 episodes2016Ray Donovan2 episodes
TV movies Year Title Notes1988Disaster at Silo 7Nominated for Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries 1989Nasty Boys 1992Drug Wars: The Cocaine CartelNominated for ASC Award for Outstanding Cinematography in a Special 1993Hart to Hart Returns1999In the Company of Spies2003Coyote Waits2004A Thief of Time2007The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning2012A Smile as Big as the MoonBlue Lagoon: The Awakening
Miscellaneous credits Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1992 – Film, Committee Member: ASC education)
Quotes "I...would like to take the curse off of technology. There is no reason why any director should fear new ideas or technologies that might significantly contribute to their ability to tell stories."
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External links
An ASC Interview with Wagner Wagner's Mirror Trick (ASC Article)