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Daniel Sackheim (born in 1962) is an American television and
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, producer, and photographer. Sackheim has produced and directed for ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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''. He also directed '' The Walking Dead,'' ''
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,'' and '' Ozark'', for which he was nominated for an
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. He has won a
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as a director and been nominated twice for his work as a producer and director. Sackheim directed the third and fourth episodes of the sixth season of ''
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''.


Life and career

Daniel Sackheim was born to a
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family in
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, the son of screenwriter William Sackheim and his wife JoAnne (née Cohen).Los Angeles Times: "JoAnne Sackheim July 11, 1924 - May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014
His brother Drew Sackheim is a fashion photographer. He is married to Leslie Sackheim; they have two children, Josh and Emma, and live in
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. Sackheim's career began with a role as an assistant
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on the 1984
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film '' Love Streams'', before he found work as a music supervisor and associate producer on the
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series ''
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''. Sackheim's first time as a director was on "
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", a 1991 episode from the premiere season of the television series ''
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''. Sackheim later went on to produce the pilot episode of ''
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'' and direct the pilot episode of '' Harsh Realm''. Sackheim also served as an executive producer for the 2005 series '' Night Stalker'', a remake of the 1970s series '' Kolchak: The Night Stalker''; and again as executive producer for the 2012 series '' The Finder''. Sackheim directed the pilot episode of NBC's ''
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'' and the television films ''
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'' and '' The Lottery''. Sackheim made his feature film directing debut on 2001's '' The Glass House''. In 1999, he signed an overall deal with
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. From 2010 Sackheim has directed a number of episodes of high rating
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series '' The Walking Dead'', and since 2013 has also worked as a producer on the FX series ''
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'' which was listed in the American Film Institute Awards 2013 best ten television programs of the year; as well as serving as executive producer for the 2012 series '' The Finder''. He has also directed three episodes of '' Jack Ryan''. On July 21, 2020, he and producer Tony To founded Bedrock Entertainment with ITV Studios America as partner.


Awards

Sackheim's work has earned him one
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and three additional Emmy nominations. In 1994, Sackheim won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, having been nominated for his work on the ''
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'' episode "Tempest in a C-Cup". His three other nominations have both been for Outstanding Drama Series in the role of producer—for ''Law & Order'' in 1992, and for ''
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'' in 2007. and outstanding directing for Ozark in 2018.


Filmography


Film

Director * '' The Glass House'' (2001) Producer * ''
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'' (1998) * ''
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'' (2010) (uncredited)


Television

TV movies * '' Midnight Run for Your Life'' (1994) * ''In the Shadow of Evil'' (1995) * '' Grand Avenue'' (1996) * '' The Lottery'' (1996) * ''
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'' (2004) (Also co-executive producer)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sackheim, Daniel Film directors from Los Angeles American television directors American film producers American Jews Place of birth missing (living people) American television producers Living people Primetime Emmy Award winners 1962 births