Miguel Sapochnik

In September 2017, he directed the third ("The Long Night") and fifth ("The Bells") episodes of the final season of Game of Thrones.

In 2016, Sapochnik directed the series premiere of the show Altered Carbon for Netflix.

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".

Miguel Sapochnik (born Miguel Vicente Rosenberg-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 and Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series at the 69th Directors Guild of America Awards.

Sapochnik has worked on American television series, directing episodes of Awake (2012), Fringe (2011-12), House (2011-12) and Mind Games (2014).

Sapochnik's feature film directorial debut was Repo Men (2010), starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker.

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

Between 2001 and 2005, he was a director of Snowflake in Hell Films Limited.

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.

Sapochnik began his career as a storyboard artist; some of his credits include Trainspotting (1996, directed by Danny Boyle) and The Winter Guest (1997, actor Alan Rickman's directorial debut).