# Daniel Minahan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Minahan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Minahan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Minahan > Source revision: 1351963208 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American film director}} {{For|the New Jersey Congressman|Daniel F. Minahan}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}} {{Infobox person |name = Daniel Minahan |image = Daniel Minahan at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 2.jpg |caption = Minahan at the [Toronto Film Festival](/source/Toronto_Film_Festival) in 2024 |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Television director, film director, writer |years_active = 1996–present |education = [School of Visual Arts](/source/School_of_Visual_Arts) ([BFA](/source/Bachelor_of_Fine_Arts)) }} '''Daniel Minahan''' (born 1962) is an American television director and [filmmaker](/source/Filmmaking). ==Career== Minahan has directed several episodes of the [HBO](/source/HBO) original series ''[Six Feet Under](/source/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series))'', ''[Deadwood](/source/Deadwood_(TV_series))'', ''[True Blood](/source/True_Blood)'', ''[The Newsroom](/source/The_Newsroom_(American_TV_series))'' and ''[Game of Thrones](/source/Game_of_Thrones)''; he has also directed episodes of the [Peabody Award](/source/Peabody_Award)-winning miniseries {{cite web | url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/fellow-travelers/ | title=Fellow Travelers }} ''[Fellow Travelers](/source/Fellow_Travelers_(miniseries))'' and ''[The L Word](/source/The_L_Word)'' on [Showtime](/source/Showtime_(TV_network)) and ''[Grey's Anatomy](/source/Grey's_Anatomy)'' on [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company). He also wrote and directed the [independent film](/source/independent_film) ''[Series 7: The Contenders](/source/Series_7%3A_The_Contenders)''. He was also the writer (and [second unit director](/source/second_unit_director)) for the 1996 film ''[I Shot Andy Warhol](/source/I_Shot_Andy_Warhol)''. Minahan joined the crew of the [HBO](/source/HBO) western drama ''[Deadwood](/source/Deadwood_(TV_series))'' as a director for the first season in 2004. The series was created by [David Milch](/source/David_Milch) and focused on a growing town in the American West. Minahan directed the episodes "Suffer the Little Children"{{cite episode|title = Suffer the Little Children|series = Deadwood|series-link = Deadwood (TV series)|credits = Dan Minahan (director), Elizabeth Sarnoff (writer)|network = HBO|airdate = September 5, 2004|season = 1|number = 8}} and "Mister Wu".{{cite episode|title = Mister Wu|series = Deadwood|credits = Dan Minahan (director), Bryan MacDonald (writer)|network = HBO|airdate = May 23, 2004|season = 1|number = 10}} He returned as a director for the second season in 2005 with the episode "Advances, None Miraculous".{{cite episode|title = Advances, None Miraculous|series = Deadwood|credits = Dan Minahan (director), Sara Hess (writer)|network = HBO|airdate = August 5, 2005|season = 2|number = 10}} For the third and final season in 2006, he directed the episode "A Two-Headed Beast".{{cite episode|title = A Two-Headed Beast|series = Deadwood|credits = Dan Minahan (director), David Milch (writer)|network = HBO|airdate = September 7, 2006|season = 3|number = 5}} Minahan directed the 2019 [film continuation](/source/Deadwood%3A_The_Movie) of ''Deadwood''.{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2018/07/deadwood-movie-hbo/ |title=Deadwood movie officially a go at HBO |publisher=Consequence of Sound |date=July 25, 2018 |first=Alex |last=Young |access-date=July 25, 2018}} The [romantic drama](/source/romantic_drama) ''[On Swift Horses](/source/On_Swift_Horses)'', directed by Minahan and based on the novel by [Shannon Pufahl](/source/Shannon_Pufahl), had its world premiere at the [2024 Toronto International Film Festival](/source/2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival) on September 7, 2024, and was released in the US by [Sony Pictures Classics](/source/Sony_Pictures_Classics) on April 25, 2025. ==Personal life== Minahan majored in Film and Video at the [School of Visual Arts](/source/School_of_Visual_Arts) in Manhattan, where he graduated with a [Bachelor of Fine Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Fine_Arts) degree in 1987."What's in Store". ''Visual Arts Journal''. Fall 2011. [School of Visual Arts](/source/School_of_Visual_Arts). Page 19 He is gay.{{cite web |last=David |first=Canfield |date=October 23, 2023 |title=Daniel Minahan Was at the Center of the Prestige TV Revolution—With Fellow Travelers, He's Pushing Boundaries Once Again |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/10/daniel-minahan-fellow-travelers-profile-awards-insider?srsltid=AfmBOorrDdqG6CLzOLQS5BKYcOLUmnCsuH7raE1G96HGznfo49B25QcD |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124012458/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/10/daniel-minahan-fellow-travelers-profile-awards-insider |archive-date=November 24, 2023 |access-date=May 29, 2025 |website= |publisher=[Vanity Fair](/source/Vanity_Fair_(magazine))}} ==Filmography== ===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Episode(s) ! Ref. |- |rowspan=4|2003–2005 |rowspan=4|''[Six Feet Under](/source/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series))'' | "Everyone Leaves" | {{cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "Everyone Leaves" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/3/36-everyone%20leaves/synopsis.html |access-date = April 12, 2010 |archive-date = February 22, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170222144207/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/3/36-everyone |url-status = dead }} |- | "Can I Come Up Now?" | {{cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "Can I Come Up Now?" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/4/43-can-i-come-up-now/synopsis.html |access-date = April 12, 2010 |archive-date = March 6, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306141401/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/4/43-can-i-come-up-now/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }} |- | "Eat a Peach" | {{cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "Eat a Peach" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/5/56-eat-a-peach/synopsis.html |access-date = April 12, 2010 |archive-date = August 17, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160817173744/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/5/56-eat-a-peach/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }} |- | "Ecotone" | {{cite web |author = HBO |author-link = HBO |title = ''Six Feet Under'' episode "Ecotone" synopsis |url = http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/5/60-ecotone/synopsis.html |access-date = April 12, 2010 |archive-date = September 5, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170905212925/http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/episodes/5/60-ecotone/synopsis.html |url-status = dead }} |- |rowspan=2|2004–2005 |rowspan=2|''[The L Word](/source/The_L_Word)'' |"Lawfully" | |- |"Life, Loss, Leaving" | |- |rowspan=4|2004–2006 |rowspan=4|''[Deadwood](/source/Deadwood_(TV_series))'' |"Suffer the Little Children" | |- |"Mister Wu" | |- |"Advances, None Miraculous" | |- |"A Two-Headed Beast" | |- | 2005 |''[Commander in Chief](/source/Commander_in_Chief_(TV_series))'' |"First... Do No Harm" | |- |rowspan=5|2005–2007 |rowspan=5|''[Grey's Anatomy](/source/Grey's_Anatomy)'' |"Owner of a Lonely Heart" | |- |"17 Seconds" | |- |"[Time Has Come Today](/source/Time_Has_Come_Today_(Grey's_Anatomy))" | |- |"Where the Boys Are" | |- |"Let the Truth Sting" | |- |rowspan=3|2007 |''[The Black Donnellys](/source/The_Black_Donnellys)'' |"The Black Drop" | |- |''[Big Love](/source/Big_Love)'' |"[Damage Control](/source/Damage_Control_(Big_Love))" | |- |''[John from Cincinnati](/source/John_from_Cincinnati)'' |"His Visit: Day Nine" | |- |rowspan=2|2008 |''[Swingtown](/source/Swingtown)'' |"Swingus Interruptus" | |- |''[Life on Mars](/source/Life_on_Mars_(American_TV_series))'' |"Tuesday's Dead" | |- |rowspan=7|2008–2012 |rowspan=7|''[True Blood](/source/True_Blood)'' |"Sparks Fly Out" | |- |"Nothing But the Blood" | |- |"Frenzy" | |- |"Bad Blood" | |- |"Me and the Devil" | |- |"Spellbound" | |- |"[Turn! Turn! Turn!](/source/Turn!_Turn!_Turn!_(True_Blood))" | |- |2009 |''[The Good Wife](/source/The_Good_Wife)'' |"Fixed" |{{cite episode|title = Fixed|series = The Good Wife|series-link = The Good Wife (TV series)|credits = Dan Minahan (director), Todd Ellis Kessler (writer)|network = CBS|airdate = October 13, 2009|season = 1|number = 4}} |- |rowspan=5|2011–2013 |rowspan=5|''[Game of Thrones](/source/Game_of_Thrones)'' |"[A Golden Crown](/source/A_Golden_Crown)" | |- |"[You Win or You Die](/source/You_Win_or_You_Die)" | |- |"[The Pointy End](/source/The_Pointy_End)" | |- |"[Valar Dohaeris](/source/Valar_Dohaeris)" | |- |"[Dark Wings, Dark Words](/source/Dark_Wings%2C_Dark_Words)" | |- | 2012 |''[The Newsroom](/source/The_Newsroom_(American_TV_series))'' |"Amen" | |- |rowspan=2|2013 |''[Ray Donovan](/source/Ray_Donovan)'' |"Bucky Fuckin' Dent" | |- |rowspan=1|''[Homeland](/source/Homeland_(TV_series))'' |"[Big Man in Tehran](/source/Big_Man_in_Tehran)" | |- |rowspan=4|2014–2016 |rowspan=4|''[Marco Polo](/source/Marco_Polo_(2014_TV_series))'' |"Hashshashin" | |- |"White Moon" | |- |"Hunter and the Sable Weaver" | |- |"Measure Against the Linchpin" | |- |rowspan=2|2017 |rowspan=2|''[House of Cards](/source/House_of_Cards_(American_TV_series))'' |"Chapter 53" | |- |"Chapter 54" | |- |rowspan=3|2018 |rowspan=3|''[American Crime Story](/source/American_Crime_Story)'' |"House by the Lake" | |- |"Don't Ask Don't Tell" | |- |"Alone" | |- |rowspan="2"|2020 |''[Hollywood](/source/Hollywood_(miniseries))'' |"Hooray For Hollywood: Part 2" | |- |''[Ratched](/source/Ratched_(TV_series))'' |"Mildred and Edmund" | |- |rowspan="5"|2021 |rowspan="5"|''[Halston](/source/Halston_(miniseries))'' |"Becoming Halston" | |- |"Versailles" | |- |"The Sweet Smell of Success" | |- |"The Party's Over" | |- |"Critics" | |- |2022 |''[The Girl from Plainville](/source/The_Girl_from_Plainville)'' |"Blank Spaces" | |- |rowspan=2|2023 |rowspan=2|''[Fellow Travelers](/source/Fellow_Travelers_(miniseries))'' |"You're Wonderful" |{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2022-07-11 |title='Bridgerton' Star Jonathan Bailey Joins Matt Bomer in Showtime Limited Series 'Fellow Travelers' |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bridgerton-jonathan-bailey-showtime-fellow-travelers-1235313439/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} |- |"Bulletproof" | |- |2026 |''[Memory of a Killer](/source/Memory_of_a_Killer)'' |"Pilot" | |} '''TV movies''' * ''House Rules'' (2009) * ''[Deadwood: The Movie](/source/Deadwood%3A_The_Movie)'' (2019) ===Film=== {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer |- | 1996 | ''[I Shot Andy Warhol](/source/I_Shot_Andy_Warhol)'' | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- | 2001 | ''[Series 7: The Contenders](/source/Series_7%3A_The_Contenders)'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- | 2024 | ''[On Swift Horses](/source/On_Swift_Horses)'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0590889}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Minahan, Dan}} Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Film directors from Connecticut Category:American television directors Category:American male screenwriters Category:Hugo Award winners Category:American LGBTQ film directors Category:LGBTQ television directors Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people Category:School of Visual Arts alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Daniel Minahan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Minahan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Minahan?action=history)). 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