Quick Facts
Biography
Daniel Sackheim is an American television and film director, producer and photographer. Sackheim has produced and directed for The X-Files, Law & Order, House and NYPD Blue and is currently working as a director on The Walking Dead and The Americans. He has won a Primetime Emmy Award as a director and been nominated twice for his work as a producer. Sackheim directed the third and fourth episodes of the sixth season of Game of Thrones.
Life and career
Daniel Sackheim is the son of screenwriter William Sackheim and his wife JoAnne. His brother Drew Sackheim is a fashion photographer.
Sackheim's career began with a role as an assistant film editor on the 1984 John Cassavetes film Love Streams, before he found work as a music supervisor and associate producer on the NBC series Miami Vice.
Sackheim's first time as a director was on "Mushrooms", a 1991 episode from the premiere season of the television series Law & Order. Sackheim later went on to produce the pilot episode of The X-Files and direct the pilot episode of Harsh Realm. Sackheim also served as an executive producer for the 2005 series Night Stalker, a remake of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker; and again as executive producer for the 2012 series The Finder. Sackheim directed the pilot episode of NBC's Hawaii and the television films Homeland Security and The Lottery. Sackheim made his feature film directing debut on 2001's The Glass House, which was poorly received by reviewers.
From 2010 Sackheim has directed a number of episodes of high rating AMC series The Walking Dead, and since 2013 has also worked as a producer on FX series The Americans which was listed in the American Film Institute Awards 2013 best ten television programs of the year; as well as serving as executive producer for the 2012 series The Finder.
Awards
Sackheim's work has earned him one Primetime Emmy Award and two additional Emmy nominations. In 1994, Sackheim won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, having been nominated for his work on the NYPD Blue episode "Tempest in a C-Cup". His two other nominations have both been for Outstanding Drama Series in the role of producer—for Law & Order in 1992, and for House in 2007.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Love Streams | Assistant editor |
| 1994 | Midnight Run for Your Life | Director |
| 1995 | In the Shadow of Evil | Director |
| 1996 | Grand Avenue | Director |
| The Lottery | Director | |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Producer |
| 2001 | The Glass House | Director |
| 2004 | Homeland Security | Director; co-executive producer |
| 2010 | Baby | Producer |
Television
| Series | As director | As producer |
|---|---|---|
| The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | — | 21 episodes |
| Miami Vice | — | 42 episodes |
| Law & Order | 7 episodes | 44 episodes |
| ER | 1 episode | — |
| Earth 2 | 1 episode | — |
| NYPD Blue | 3 episodes | — |
| Millennium | 1 episode | 11 episodes |
| The X-Files | 5 episodes | 23 episodes |
| Harsh Realm | 3 episodes | 8 episodes |
| Judging Amy | 3 episodes | 24 episodes |
| Kingpin | 2 episodes | 5 episodes |
| The Lyon's Den | 1 episode | 2 episodes |
| Hawaii | 1 episode | — |
| Las Vegas | 1 episode | 5 episodes |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 1 episode | — |
| The Night Stalker | 2 episodes | 5 episodes |
| House | 7 episodes | 44 episodes |
| Life | 7 episodes | 31 episodes |
| Lie to Me | 6 episodes | 35 episodes |
| Bones | 1 episode | — |
| The Finder | 2 episodes | 7 episodes |
| The Walking Dead | 3 episodes | — |
| The Americans | 3 episodes | — |
| The Leftovers | 1 episode | — |
| Game of Thrones | 2 episodes | — |
| The Man in the High Castle (TV series) | 1 episodes | — |