Tim Van Patten

Tim Van Patten is an award-winning American actor, scriptwriter, producer and director. He is best-known for his directing work for HBO, having directed episodes of Boardwalk Empire, The Pacific, Rome, Deadwood, The Wire, The Sopranos and Sex and the City. He has also directed episodes of Ed and Touched by an Angel. Patten's most notable project was The Sopranos, for which he directed twenty episodes and won a Writer's Guild Award and an Edgar Award. Another episode he wrote won an Emmy Award for Best Writing.

In Game of Thrones Patten has directed the first two episodes of the series, including reshoots of the pilot originally directed by Thomas McCarthy.