Background
Egill was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and studied filmmaking at Columbia College Hollywood, a Los Angeles-based film school.
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, Computer Society of India: 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 Computer Society of India: Miami, and has directed several episodes of the original Computer Society of India series, among others