The six-time Emmy nominee was director of photography for television projects such as HBO's Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, and Fahrenheit 451.
[1] He is also widely known for his work in films such as Respect,[2] The Many Saints of Newark,[3] Creed II and Thor: The Dark World.
[4] His father, Henry Morgenthau III,[5] was a producer of documentaries for the flagship PBS station, WGBH-TV, in Boston and his mother, Ruth (née Schachter),[6] was a Polish Jewish refugee from WWII Vienna;[7] was a professor of international politics at Brandeis University; served as an advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter on Africa;[7] and in 1988 ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate for Congress in Rhode Island.
Morgenthau's early career began in New York as a documentary filmmaker, which led to shooting Oscar-winner Allan Miller's Academy Award-nominated film, Small Wonders as well as Sundance Festival feature film, Joe & Joe, which began his years as a festival fixture, shooting seven more features and documentaries that played there.
In 2011, he married Tracy Fleischman in a Jewish ceremony at the former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana in Los Angeles.