Miguel Sapochnik
Miguel Sapochnik | |
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Miguel Sapochnik at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2016. | |
Born |
Miguel Vicente Rosenberg-Sapochnik |
Other names | Miguel Rosenberg |
Occupation | |
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 |
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2010 | Repo Men |
Television credits
Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Notes |
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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 | ||
“A Mixture of Madness" | 10 | ||||
2014 | Mind Games | 1 | “Pilot" | 1 | |
Extant | 1 | “Ascension" | 13 | ||
2015 | Game of Thrones | 5 | “The Gift” | 7 | |
“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 |
“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.