Daniel Minahan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
| Education | School of Visual Arts (BFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Television director, film director, writer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Daniel Minahan (born 1962) is an American television and film director and writer.
Career
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 Series 7: The Contenders.
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]
Personal life
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 openly gay.[7]
Filmography
Television
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"[1] | 8 | ||
| "Mister Wu"[2] | 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"[3] | 10 | ||
| Grey's Anatomy | 2 | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | 11 | ||
| 2006 | "17 Seconds" | 25 | |||
| Deadwood | 3 | "A Two-Headed Beast"[4] | 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 | Deadwood: The Movie | 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 | TBA | 2 | [13] |
Film
- I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), co-wrote with director Mary Harron
- Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
- On Swift Horses (TBA)
References
- 1 2 Dan Minahan (director), Elizabeth Sarnoff (writer) (September 5, 2004). "Suffer the Little Children". Deadwood. Season 1. Episode 8. HBO.
- 1 2 Dan Minahan (director), Bryan MacDonald (writer) (May 23, 2004). "Mister Wu". Deadwood. Season 1. Episode 10. HBO.
- 1 2 Dan Minahan (director), Sara Hess (writer) (August 5, 2005). "Advances, None Miraculous". Deadwood. Season 2. Episode 10. HBO.
- 1 2 Dan Minahan (director), David Milch (writer) (September 7, 2006). "A Two-Headed Beast". Deadwood. Season 3. Episode 5. HBO.
- ↑ Young, Alex (July 25, 2018). "Deadwood movie officially a go at HBO". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ↑ "What's in Store". Visual Arts Journal. Fall 2011. School of Visual Arts. Page 19
- ↑ San Vicente, Romeo (September 17, 2003). "Deep Inside Hollywood". Windy City Times. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ↑ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Everyone Leaves" synopsis". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Can I Come Up Now?" synopsis". Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Eat a Peach" synopsis". Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ HBO. "Six Feet Under episode "Ecotone" synopsis". Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ↑ Dan Minahan (director), Todd Ellis Kessler (writer) (October 13, 2009). "Fixed". The Good Wife. Season 1. Episode 4. CBS.
- ↑ Otterson, Joe (July 11, 2022). "'Bridgerton' Star Jonathan Bailey Joins Matt Bomer in Showtime Limited Series 'Fellow Travelers'". Variety. Retrieved July 12, 2022.