Episode 36. Daniel Sackheim: Emmy-Winning Director of Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and The X-Files on Filmmaking and Noir Street Photography

Daniel Sackheim on Beyond The Lens

Daniel Sackheim is an American filmmaker and Emmy-Award winning director and producer of shows like Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, X-Files, NYPD Blue, Ozark, Better Call Saul, Law and Order, and many more. Daniel is also the co-founder of Bedrock Entertainment, a producer of premium television content for the global marketplace across network, cable and streaming platforms.

As a noir street photographer, he uses the creative talents he displayed on the sets of Hollywood’s biggest shows and applies them to still photography with his Leica camera.

Topics Daniel and Richard discuss:

  • His father’s influence as a screenwriter 
  • Daniel’s big Hollywood break
  • Working as a music supervisor on Miami Vice
  • The powerful role of music in film and television
  • The roles of Producer vs. Director 
  • Rediscovering photography 
  • What is film noir?
  • What makes a good photo?
  • How film directing skills translate into photography 
  • Finding your artistic style
  • What is Artistic Intention?


Find Daniel Sackheim at:

Website: www.danielsackheim.com

Twitter: @DanSackheim

Instagram: @daniel.sackheim


Unseen photography exhibition: www.all-about-photo.com/online-gallery/solo-exhibition/65/unseen-by-daniel-sackheim

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