Miguel Sapochnik


Miguel Sapochnik is an English film and television director and former storyboard artist. For his work as a director on the HBO epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, he won the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards and Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series at the 69th Directors Guild of America Awards.
Sapochnik also directed the feature film Repo Men.

Career

Sapochnik began his career as a storyboard artist; some of his credits include Trainspotting and The Winter Guest.
In 2000, Sapochnik directed a 2000 short film entitled The Dreamer, which he wrote and directed. He also directed the "Beautiful Inside" music video for singer Louise.
Between 2001 and 2005, he was a director of Snowflake in Hell Films Limited.
Sapochnik's feature film directorial debut was Repo Men, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker.
Sapochnik has worked on American television series, directing episodes of Awake, Fringe, House and Mind Games.
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". 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 directed the series premiere of the show Altered Carbon for Netflix.
In 2017, he directed an episode of Iron Fist.
In September 2017, he directed the third and fifth episodes of the final season of Game of Thrones.

Personal life

Sapochnik is of Argentine origin, and has been married to actress Alexis Raben since 2006.
He is Jewish.

Filmography

Film credits