# Daniel Minahan

Daniel Minahan (born 1962) is an American television and filmmaker.

## 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 Peabody Award-winning miniseries Fellow Travelers and The L Word and 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" and "Mister Wu". He returned as a director for the second season in 2005 and helmed the episode "Advances, None Miraculous". He remained a director for the third and final season in 2006 and helmed the episode "A Two-Headed Beast". Minahan directed the 2019 film continuation of Deadwood.

## 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. He is gay.

## Filmography
### TV Director

| Year | Show | Season | Episode | Episode title | Notes |
| 2003 | Six Feet Under | 3 | 10 | "Everyone Leaves" | |
| 2004 | The L Word | 1 | 5 | "Lawfully" | |
| 2004 | Deadwood | 1 | 8 | "Suffer the Little Children" | |
| 2004 | Deadwood | 1 | 10 | "Mister Wu" | |
| 2004 | Six Feet Under | 4 | 4 | "Can I Come Up Now?" | |
| 2005 | The L Word | 2 | 1 | "Life, Loss, Leaving" | |
| 2005 | Six Feet Under | 5 | 5 | "Eat a Peach" | |
| 2005 | Six Feet Under | 5 | 9 | "Ecotone" | |
| 2005 | Commander in Chief | 1 | 5 | "First... Do No Harm" | |
| 2005 | Deadwood | 2 | 10 | "Advances, None Miraculous" | |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | 2 | 11 | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | |
| 2006 | Grey's Anatomy | 2 | 25 | "17 Seconds" | |
| 2006 | Deadwood | 3 | 5 | "A Two-Headed Beast" | |
| 2006 | Grey's Anatomy | 3 | 1 | "Time Has Come Today" | |
| 2006 | Grey's Anatomy | 3 | 7 | "Where the Boys Are" | |
| 2007 | The Black Donnellys | 1 | 11 | "The Black Drop" | |
| 2007 | Big Love | 2 | 1 | "Damage Control" | |
| 2007 | John from Cincinnati | 1 | 10 | "His Visit: Day Nine" | |
| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | 4 | 3 | "Let the Truth Sting" | |
| 2008 | Swingtown | 1 | 9 | "Swingus Interruptus" | |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | 1 | 6 | "Tuesday's Dead" | |
| 2008 | True Blood | 1 | 5 | "Sparks Fly Out" | |
| 2009 | True Blood | 2 | 1 | "Nothing But the Blood" | |
| 2009 | True Blood | 2 | 11 | "Frenzy" | |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | 1 | 4 | "Fixed" | |
| 2009 | House Rules | House Rules | House Rules | House Rules | TV film |
| 2010 | True Blood | 3 | 1 | "Bad Blood" | |
| 2011 | True Blood | 4 | 5 | "Me and the Devil" | |
| 2011 | True Blood | 4 | 8 | "Spellbound" | |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | 1 | 6 | "A Golden Crown" | |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | 1 | 7 | "You Win or You Die" | |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | 1 | 8 | "The Pointy End" | |
| 2012 | The Newsroom | 1 | 5 | "Amen" | |
| 2012 | True Blood | 5 | 1 | "Turn! Turn! Turn!" | |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones | 3 | 1 | "Valar Dohaeris" | |
| 2013 | Game of Thrones | 3 | 2 | "Dark Wings, Dark Words" | |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan | 1 | 11 | "Bucky Fuckin' Dent" | |
| 2013 | Homeland | 3 | 11 | "Big Man in Tehran" | |
| 2014 | Marco Polo | 1 | 5 | "Hashshashin" | |
| 2014 | Marco Polo | 1 | 6 | "White Moon" | |
| 2016 | Marco Polo | 2 | 1 | "Hunter and the Sable Weaver" | |
| 2016 | Marco Polo | 2 | 3 | "Measure Against the Linchpin" | |
| 2017 | House of Cards | 5 | 1 | "Chapter 53" | |
| 2017 | House of Cards | 5 | 2 | "Chapter 54" | |
| 2018 | American Crime Story | 2 | 4 | "House by the Lake" | |
| 2018 | American Crime Story | 2 | 5 | "Don't Ask Don't Tell" | |
| 2018 | American Crime Story | 2 | 9 | "Alone" | |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie | Deadwood: The Movie | Deadwood: The Movie | Deadwood: The Movie | TV film |
| 2020 | Hollywood | 1 | 2 | "Hooray For Hollywood: Part 2" | |
| 2020 | Ratched | 1 | 8 | "Mildred and Edmund" | |
| 2021 | Halston | 1 | 1 | "Becoming Halston" | |
| 2021 | Halston | 1 | 2 | "Versailles" | |
| 2021 | Halston | 1 | 3 | "The Sweet Smell of Success" | |
| 2021 | Halston | 1 | 4 | "The Party's Over" | |
| 2021 | Halston | 1 | 5 | "Critics" | |
| 2022 | The Girl from Plainville | 1 | 8 | "Blank Spaces" | |
| 2023 | Fellow Travelers | 1 | 1 | "You're Wonderful" | |
| 2023 | Fellow Travelers | 1 | 2 | "Bulletproof" | |

### Film

* I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) (co-writer with director Mary Harron)
* Series 7: The Contenders (2001) (writer and director)
* On Swift Horses (2024) (director)