Daniel Minahan

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Field	Value
name	Daniel Minahan
image	Daniel Minahan at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 2.jpg
caption	Minahan at the Toronto Film Festival in 2024
birth_date
occupation	Television director, film director, writer
years_active	1996–present
education	School of Visual Arts (BFA)
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|name = Daniel Minahan |image = Daniel Minahan at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 2.jpg |caption = Minahan at the Toronto Film Festival in 2024 |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Television director, film director, writer |years_active = 1996–present |education = School of Visual Arts (BFA) 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 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.

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. He is gay.

Filmography

Television

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

• House Rules (2009)
• Deadwood: The Movie (2019)

Film

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Year	Title	Director	Writer
1996	I Shot Andy Warhol
2001	Series 7: The Contenders
2024	On Swift Horses
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References

References

1. "Fellow Travelers".
2. "Suffer the Little Children".
3. "Mister Wu".
4. "Advances, None Miraculous".
5. "A Two-Headed Beast".
6. Young, Alex. (July 25, 2018). "Deadwood movie officially a go at HBO". Consequence of Sound.
7. "What's in Store". ''Visual Arts Journal''. Fall 2011. [[School of Visual Arts]]. Page 19
8. David, Canfield. (October 23, 2023). "Daniel Minahan Was at the Center of the Prestige TV Revolution—With Fellow Travelers, He's Pushing Boundaries Once Again". [[Vanity Fair (magazine).
9. HBO. "''Six Feet Under'' episode "Everyone Leaves" synopsis".
10. HBO. "''Six Feet Under'' episode "Can I Come Up Now?" synopsis".
11. HBO. "''Six Feet Under'' episode "Eat a Peach" synopsis".
12. HBO. "''Six Feet Under'' episode "Ecotone" synopsis".
13. "Fixed".
14. Otterson, Joe. (2022-07-11). "'Bridgerton' Star Jonathan Bailey Joins Matt Bomer in Showtime Limited Series 'Fellow Travelers'".

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