Mark Mylod


Mark Mylod is a British film and television director and producer. He is best known for his work in the HBO series Game of Thrones as a director.

Career

Mark Mylod directed several television shows in the United States and in the United Kingdom, many of them for the BBC. Mylod co-produced the HBO television series Entourage, on which he was also a regular director.
Prior to Entourage, Mylod directed the feature films Ali G Indahouse, The Big White and What's Your Number? and the series Cold Feet, The Royle Family, and Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer.
Mylod directed and executive-produced the pilot episode of the U.S. version of the dramedy, Shameless, for Showtime. He remains a co-executive producer and frequent director on the series.
In 2011, Mylod directed and executive-produced the pilot of the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time.
In 2014, he directed the pilot episode for American TV Series The Affair. In the same year, he directed episodes 3 and 4 of Season 5 of the HBO series Game of Thrones. He returned to the show for Season 6, where he directed episodes 7 and 8 and episodes 2 and 3 of Season 7.
Mylod next acted as executive producer and director of seasons 1 and 2 of Succession for HBO.

Personal life

Mylod is married to costume designer Amy Westcott.

Mylod was born in Devon in 1965, before moving to Los Angeles in 2006. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York.