His work -- which includes some now-iconic shots from the HBO series' most memorable sequences, such as the Red Wedding episode -- has been hugely influential in establishing the show's visual aesthetic, a style McLachlan calls "medieval noir." When other cinematographers are brought on to work on episodes, for example, they're handed an iPad filled with past examples of his and other DPs' shots; he's even been name-checked by showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss in the script itself ("A signature Robert McLachlan shot, a thing of beauty, showing that night has fallen on our grim little castle" was how the writers designated an establishing shot for Castle Black in one episode).
