| Daniel Minahan | |
| Occupation: | Television director, film director, writer |
| Years Active: | 1996–present |
| Education: | School of Visual Arts (BFA) |
Daniel Minahan (born 1962) is an American television and film director and writer.
Minahan has directed several episodes of the HBO original series Six Feet Under, Deadwood, True Blood, The Newsroom and Game of Thrones; he has also directed episodes of The L Word and Fellow Travelers on Showtime and Grey's Anatomy on ABC. He also wrote and directed the independent film .
He was also the writer (and second unit director) for the 1996 film I Shot Andy Warhol.
Minahan joined the crew of the HBO western drama Deadwood as a director for the first season in 2004. The series was created by David Milch and focused on a growing town in the American West. Minahan directed the episodes "Suffer the Little Children"[1] and "Mister Wu".[2] He returned as a director for the second season in 2005 and helmed the episode "Advances, None Miraculous".[3] He remained a director for the third and final season in 2006 and helmed the episode "A Two-Headed Beast".[4] Minahan directed the 2019 film continuation of Deadwood.[5]
Minahan majored in Film and Video at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1987.[6] He is gay.[7]
Director
| Year | Show | Season | Episode title | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Six Feet Under | 3 | "Everyone Leaves"[8] | 10 | |
| 2004 | The L Word | 1 | "Lawfully" | 5 | |
| Deadwood | 1 | "Suffer the Little Children" | 8 | ||
| "Mister Wu" | 10 | ||||
| Six Feet Under | 4 | "Can I Come Up Now?"[9] | 4 | ||
| 2005 | The L Word | 2 | "Life, Loss, Leaving" | 1 | |
| Six Feet Under | 5 | "Eat a Peach"[10] | 5 | ||
| "Ecotone"[11] | 9 | ||||
| Commander in Chief | 1 | "First... Do No Harm" | 5 | ||
| Deadwood | 2 | "Advances, None Miraculous" | 10 | ||
| Grey's Anatomy | 2 | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | 11 | ||
| 2006 | "17 Seconds" | 25 | |||
| Deadwood | 3 | "A Two-Headed Beast" | 5 | ||
| Grey's Anatomy | 3 | "Time Has Come Today" | 1 | ||
| "Where the Boys Are" | 7 | ||||
| 2007 | The Black Donnellys | 1 | "The Black Drop" | 11 | |
| Big Love | 2 | "Damage Control" | 1 | ||
| John from Cincinnati | 1 | "His Visit: Day Nine" | 10 | ||
| Grey's Anatomy | 4 | "Let the Truth Sting" | 3 | ||
| 2008 | Swingtown | 1 | "Swingus Interruptus" | 9 | |
| Life on Mars | 1 | "Tuesday's Dead" | 6 | ||
| True Blood | 1 | "Sparks Fly Out" | 5 | ||
| 2009 | 2 | "Nothing But the Blood" | 1 | ||
| "Frenzy" | 11 | ||||
| The Good Wife | 1 | "Fixed"[12] | 4 | ||
| House Rules | Television feature | ||||
| 2010 | True Blood | 3 | "Bad Blood" | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | "Me and the Devil" | 5 | ||
| "Spellbound" | 8 | ||||
| Game of Thrones | 1 | "A Golden Crown" | 6 | ||
| "You Win or You Die" | 7 | ||||
| "The Pointy End" | 8 | ||||
| 2012 | The Newsroom | 1 | "Amen" | 5 | |
| True Blood | 5 | "Turn! Turn | Turn!" | 1 | |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones | 3 | "Valar Dohaeris" | 1 | |
| "Dark Wings, Dark Words" | 2 | ||||
| Ray Donovan | 1 | "Bucky Fuckin' Dent" | 11 | ||
| Homeland | 3 | "Big Man in Tehran" | 11 | ||
| 2014 | Marco Polo | 1 | "Hashshashin" | 5 | |
| "White Moon" | 6 | ||||
| 2016 | 2 | "Hunter and the Sable Weaver" | 1 | ||
| "Measure Against the Linchpin" | 3 | ||||
| 2017 | House of Cards | 5 | "Chapter 53" | 1 | |
| "Chapter 54" | 2 | ||||
| 2018 | American Crime Story | 2 | "House by the Lake" | 4 | |
| "Don't Ask Don't Tell" | 5 | ||||
| "Alone" | 9 | ||||
| 2019 | Television feature | ||||
| 2020 | Hollywood | 1 | "Hooray For Hollywood: Part 2" | 2 | |
| Ratched | 1 | "Mildred and Edmund" | 8 | ||
| 2021 | Halston | 1 | "Becoming Halston" | 1 | |
| "Versailles" | 2 | ||||
| "The Sweet Smell of Success" | 3 | ||||
| "The Party's Over" | 4 | ||||
| "Critics" | 5 | ||||
| 2022 | The Girl from Plainville | 1 | "Blank Spaces" | 8 | |
| 2023 | Fellow Travelers | 1 | "You're Wonderful" | 1 | [13] |
| "Bulletproof" | 2 | ||||