He won an Emmy in 1994 for directing an episode of NYPD Blue and has contributed to series like House and The Americans in the years since.
Daniel Sackheim will be a new addition to True Detective, but there are major reasons to be optimistic about his contributions as new director and executive producer.
Game of Thrones fans may know him as the director of two Season 6 episodes.
He’s even on board the upcoming Amazon Prime series Jack Ryan as executive producer.