Miguel Sapochnik

Miguel Sapochnik
Miguel Sapochnik at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2016.
Born	Miguel Vicente Rosenberg-Sapochnik July 1974 (age 42) ^[1] Hammersmith, London, England
Other names	Miguel Rosenberg
Occupation	Film director Television director Storyboard artist
Years active	1996–present

Miguel Sapochnik is an English film and television director and former storyboard artist. He is best known as the director of the feature film Repo Men, and as a director for the HBO epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, for which he won the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards.^[2]

Career

He executive produced and directed the 2010 film Repo Men, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker, his feature film directorial debut.^[2]

Sapochnik has worked on American television series, directing episodes of Awake, Fringe, House, and more recently Mind Games.^[3] Between 2001 and 2005, he was a director of Snowflake in Hell Films Limited.^[1]

His other credits include a 2000 short film entitled The Dreamer, which he wrote and directed, and directing the "Beautiful Inside" music video for singer Louise.^[4]

As a storyboard artist, some of his credits are Trainspotting (1996, directed by Danny Boyle) and The Winter Guest (1997, actor Alan Rickman's directorial debut).^[5]^[6]

In 2015, Sapochnik directed two episodes of Game of Thrones for the show's fifth season, "The Gift" and "Hardhome." He returned to direct the final two episodes of Game of Thrones' sixth season, "Battle of the Bastards" and "The Winds of Winter".^[7] All of these episodes received acclaim from both critics and viewers. Sapochnik won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, for directing "Battle of the Bastards".

In 2016, Sapochnik is set to direct the series premiere of the show Altered Carbon for Netflix.^[8] He will also direct an episode of Iron Fist.^[9]

Filmography

Film credits

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Repo Men

Television credits

Year	Show	Season	Episode title	Episode	Notes
2011	House	7	“Larger Than Life”	9
			“Family Practice”	11
			“After Hours”	22
	Fringe	4	“Alone in the World”	3
	House	8	“Dead & Buried”	7
2012			“Gut Check”	16
			“Holding On”	21
	Awake	1	“Turtles All the Way Down”	13
	Falling Skies	2	“Young Bloods”	4
	Fringe	5	“Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11”	1	co-directed with Jeannot Szwarc
2013	Under the Dome	1	“Imperfect Circles”	7
	Revolution	1	“Ghosts"	12
	Banshee	1	“Always the Cowboy"	9
	Banshee	1	“A Mixture of Madness"	10
2014	Mind Games	1	“Pilot"	1
2014	Extant	1	“Ascension"	13
2015	Game of Thrones	5	“The Gift”	7
	Game of Thrones	5	“Hardhome”	8
	Masters of Sex	3	“The Excitement of Release"	3
	True Detective	2	“Church in Ruins"	6
2016	Game of Thrones	6	“Battle of the Bastards”	9	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
2016	Game of Thrones	6	“The Winds of Winter”	10

References

1 2 "Snowflake in Hell Films Limited". CompaniesLondon.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
1 2 Rich, Katey (19 March 2010). "Exclusive Interview: Repo Men Director Miguel Sapochnik". Cinema Blend. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
↑ "Miguel Sapochnik Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
↑ Dawtrey, Adam (15 January 2006). "Sapochnik finally in view". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
↑ "Miguel Sapochnik Filmography". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
↑ "Exclusive: Repo Men director Miguel Sapochnik". Shock Till You Drop. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
↑ Watchers on the Wall [LovinGoT99] (August 1, 2014). "Game of Thrones Season 5: What We Know So Far" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 February 2015 – via Twitter.
↑ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (May 12, 2016). "Joel Kinnaman to Star in Netflix Sci-Fi Series 'Altered Carbon'". Variety. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
↑ Robinson, Joanna (June 29, 2016). "The Best Director on Game of Thrones Won't Be Coming Back Next Year". Vanity Fair. Retrieved September 20, 2016.

External links

Miguel Sapochnik at the Internet Movie Database

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Jack Smight for "Eddie" (1959)
Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960)
George Schaefer for "Macbeth (II)" (1961)
Franklin J. Schaffner (1962)
Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963)
Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964)
Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965)
Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966)
Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967)
Lee H. Katzin (1968)
David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969)
Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970)
Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" / Fielder Cook for "The Price" (1971)
Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" / Tom Gries (1972)
Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" / Joseph Sargent for "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" (1973)
John Korty for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974)
Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975)
David Greene for Episode 8 (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976)
David Greene for Part 1 (Roots) (1977)
Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978)
Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979)
Roger Young for "Cop" (1980)
Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981)
Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982)
Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983)
Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984)
Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985)
Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986)
Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987)
Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988)
Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989)
Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990)
Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991)
Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992)
Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993)
Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994)
Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995)
Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996)
Mark Tinker for "Where's Swaldo?" (1997)
Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Brain Salad Surgery" (1998)
Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999)
Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000)
Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001)
Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002)
Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003)
Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004)
J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005)
Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006)
Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007)
Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008)
Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009)
Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010)
Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011)
Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012)
David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013)
Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014)
David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015)
Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016)

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