Daniel Minahan (born 1962) is an American television director 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 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 with the episode "Advances, None Miraculous". For the third and final season in 2006, he directed the episode "A Two-Headed Beast". Minahan directed the 2019 film continuation of Deadwood.
The romantic drama On Swift Horses, directed by Minahan and based on the novel by Shannon Pufahl, had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2024, and was released in the US by Sony Pictures Classics on April 25, 2025.
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."What's in Store". Visual Arts Journal. Fall 2011. School of Visual Arts. Page 19 He is gay.
Filmography Television Year Title Episode(s) Ref.2003–2005Six Feet Under "Everyone Leaves" "Can I Come Up Now?" "Eat a Peach" "Ecotone" 2004–2005The L Word"Lawfully""Life, Loss, Leaving"2004–2006Deadwood"Suffer the Little Children""Mister Wu""Advances, None Miraculous""A Two-Headed Beast" 2005Commander in Chief"First... Do No Harm"2005–2007Grey's Anatomy"Owner of a Lonely Heart""17 Seconds""Time Has Come Today""Where the Boys Are""Let the Truth Sting"2007The Black Donnellys"The Black Drop"Big Love"Damage Control"John from Cincinnati"His Visit: Day Nine"2008Swingtown"Swingus Interruptus"Life on Mars"Tuesday's Dead"2008–2012True Blood"Sparks Fly Out""Nothing But the Blood""Frenzy""Bad Blood""Me and the Devil""Spellbound""Turn! Turn! Turn!"2009The Good Wife"Fixed"2011–2013Game of Thrones"A Golden Crown""You Win or You Die""The Pointy End""Valar Dohaeris""Dark Wings, Dark Words" 2012The Newsroom"Amen"2013Ray Donovan"Bucky Fuckin' Dent"Homeland"Big Man in Tehran"2014–2016Marco Polo"Hashshashin""White Moon""Hunter and the Sable Weaver""Measure Against the Linchpin"2017House of Cards"Chapter 53""Chapter 54"2018American Crime Story"House by the Lake""Don't Ask Don't Tell""Alone"2020Hollywood"Hooray For Hollywood: Part 2"Ratched"Mildred and Edmund"2021Halston"Becoming Halston""Versailles""The Sweet Smell of Success""The Party's Over""Critics"2022The Girl from Plainville"Blank Spaces"2023Fellow Travelers"You're Wonderful""Bulletproof"2026Memory of a Killer"Pilot"
TV movies House Rules (2009) Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
Film Year Title Director Writer 1996 I Shot Andy Warhol 2001 Series 7: The Contenders 2024 On Swift Horses
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