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name: "Miguel Sapochnik"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/miguel-sapochnik"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "7 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
updated: "2026-09-17T02:32:07.362986+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Miguel Sapochnik

Director. Born 7 January 1974 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 7 January 1974, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–2014
- **Also known as:** Miguel Rosenberg, Miguel Rosenberg-Sapochnik , Мигель Сапочник, میگل ساپوچنیک
- **Works often with:** Dan Attias, Daniel Sackheim, Adam Davidson, Alex Graves, Bryan Spicer, Colin Bucksey

## Biography

Miguel Sapochnik is an English film and television director and former storyboard artist. Born in Hammersmith, London, he began his career as a storyboard artist on films including *Trainspotting* (1996) and *The Winter Guest* (1997).

His feature directorial debut was the science fiction film *Repo Men* (2010). Sapochnik has directed episodes of numerous American television series, including *House* (2004), *Fringe* (2008), *Masters of Sex* (2013), *True Detective* (2014) and *Game of Thrones* (2011). For his work on the latter, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and a Directors Guild of America Award.

He later directed the feature *Finch* (2021) and served as co-showrunner and director on the first season of *House of the Dragon* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *True Detective* (2014), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Fringe* (2008), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md)
- *House* (2004), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)

## Also known for

- *House of the Dragon* (2022), Director
- *Finch* (2021), Director
- *Under the Dome* (2013), Director
- *Marvel's Iron Fist* (2017), Director
- *Altered Carbon* (2018), Director
- *Repo Men* (2010), Director
- *Banshee* (2013), Director
- *Falling Skies* (2011), Director

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