Miguel Sapochnik
Miguel Sapochnik (also known as Miguel Rosenberg-Sapochnik ) is a British film and television director .
Career
Sapochnik was involved in various Hollywood productions as a storyboard artist from 1996, including the film Trainspotting - New Heroes . His first directorial work on a short film, The Dreamer , appeared in 2000. Here Sapochnik was also responsible for the script. In 2010, celebrated Sapochnik his directorial debut with a feature film with the sci-fi - thriller Repo Men , on the u. a. Jude Law and Forest Whitaker contributed.
He then turned to television and between 2011 and 2012 directed six episodes of the television series Dr. House and two episodes in the Fringe series . In 2014, Sapochnik was responsible for two episodes of the Mind Games series . In 2015, Sapochnik directed one episode each of the third season of Masters of Sex and the second season of True Detective .
Sapochnik gained notoriety in particular through his directorial work on the HBO series Game of Thrones . He directed two episodes of the fifth season, including the critically acclaimed Hartheim episode , and returned to the series for the two final episodes of the sixth season. He won an Emmy for best director in a drama series for directing the episode The Battle of the Bastards . After Sapochnik did not return for the seventh season , he took over the direction of the third and fifth episodes of the final eighth season of Game of Thrones.
Private life
Sapochnik has been married to Russian actress Alexis Raben since 2006.
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: The Dreamer (short film)
- 2010: Repo Men (also executive producer)
- 2011–2012: Dr. House ( House , 6 episodes)
- 2011–2012: Fringe - Borderline cases by the FBI ( Fringe , 2 episodes)
- 2012: Awake (Episode 1x13)
- 2014: Mind Games (2 episodes)
- 2015: True Detective (Episode 2x06)
- 2015: Masters of Sex (Episode 3x03)
- 2015–2019: Game of Thrones (6 episodes)
- 2018: Altered Carbon - The Immortality Program ( Altered Carbon , Episode 1x01)
Web links
- Miguel Sapochnik in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Game Of Thrones: Record length and a special fight for the final episodes of the 6th season at Filmstarts.de, accessed on June 11, 2006
- ^ Biography at imdb.com, accessed June 11, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sapochnik, Miguel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosenberg-Sapochnik, Miguel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film and television director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |