Miguel Sapochnik

Miguel Sapochnik
Miguel Sapochnik at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2016.
Born	Miguel Vicente Rosenberg-Sapochnik July 1974 (age 42) 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.

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

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

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.

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).

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".