Life and career

Daniel Sackheim is the son of screenwriter William Sackheim and his wife JoAnne. His brother Drew Sackheim is a fashion photographer.

Sackheim's career began with a role as an assistant film editor on the 1984 John Cassavetes film Love Streams, before he found work as a music supervisor and associate producer on the NBC series Miami Vice.

Sackheim's first time as a director was on "Mushrooms", a 1991 episode from the premiere season of the television series Law & Order. Sackheim later went on to produce the pilot episode of The X-Files 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 Hawaii and the television films Homeland Security and The Lottery. Sackheim made his feature film directing debut on 2001's The Glass House, which was poorly received by reviewers.

From 2010 Sackheim has directed a number of episodes of high rating AMC series The Walking Dead, and since 2013 has also worked as a producer on FX series The Americans 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.

Awards

Sackheim's work has earned him one Primetime Emmy Award and two 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 NYPD Blue episode "Tempest in a C-Cup". His two other nominations have both been for Outstanding Drama Series in the role of producer—for Law & Order in 1992, and for House in 2007.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role
1984	Love Streams	Assistant editor
1994	Midnight Run for Your Life	Director
1995	In the Shadow of Evil	Director
1996	Grand Avenue	Director
1996	The Lottery	Director
1998	The X-Files	Producer
2001	The Glass House	Director
2004	Homeland Security	Director; co-executive producer
2010	Baby	Producer

Television

Series	As director	As producer
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	—	21 episodes
Miami Vice	—	42 episodes
Law & Order	7 episodes	44 episodes
ER	1 episode	—
Earth 2	1 episode	—
NYPD Blue	3 episodes	—
Millennium	1 episode	11 episodes
The X-Files	5 episodes	23 episodes
Harsh Realm	3 episodes	8 episodes
Judging Amy	3 episodes	24 episodes
Kingpin	2 episodes	5 episodes
The Lyon's Den	1 episode	2 episodes
Hawaii	1 episode	—
Las Vegas	1 episode	5 episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	1 episode	—
The Night Stalker	2 episodes	5 episodes
House	7 episodes	44 episodes
Life	7 episodes	31 episodes
Lie to Me	6 episodes	35 episodes
Bones	1 episode	—
The Finder	2 episodes	7 episodes
The Walking Dead	3 episodes	—
The Americans	3 episodes	—
The Leftovers	1 episode	—
Game of Thrones	2 episodes	—

[ Source: Wikipedia ]