Game of Thrones directors revealed for mysterious season 6 

If there wasn’t enough mystery surrounding the next season of 

joining the show too. Below is the list of directors for the sixth season of HBO’s acclaimed fantasy hit. Three of the names are

veterans, and two are newcomers to the series. Once again, each will helm two episodes. Here is the

— Jeremy Podeswa (Episodes 1 & 2): A veteran of Showtime’s 

 for the second year in a row. In season 5, he directed two episodes from the middle of the season, “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” and “Kill the Boy.” 

with a long list of credits going back to being an associate producer on 1980s classic 

— Jack Bender (5 & 6): An intriguing new name, Bender is familiar to fans of ABC’s

, having directed a whopping 38 episodes of the series, including many of the show’s premieres and finales. He’s also helmed epiosdes of CBS’

— Mark Mylod (7 & 8): Mylod is a premium cable veteran of shows like Showtime’s

. He directed the third and fourth episode of season 5, “High Sparrow” and “Sons of the Harpy.” 

— Miguel Sapochnik (9 &10): This name will likely cause some speculation. Sapochnik really earned his

stripes by helming the stunning “Hardhome” episode last season, featuring a half-hour battle sequence with Jon Snow, the Wildlings and the White Walkers’ undead army. He also directed the seventh episode of the season, “The Gift.” That Sapochnik is helming the penultimate episode and the season 6 finale might suggest we’re in for another epic battle climax given his “Hardhome” acclaim.  

All the directors will surely be sworn to secrecy on the upcoming season, which is expected to be the first year that

largely extends beyond the storyline in George R.R. Martin’s published novels. 

If you’re wondering why each director films two back-to-back episodes, it’s due to the uniquely complex nature of the show that makes 

 an extremely time-intensive directing gig. Various scenes from each episode could shoot weeks or even months apart, and in different countries too—so filming just one episode covers a large block of time that is most efficiently used for a second, and largely concurrent, 

“When my agent called and said, ‘These are the dates,’ I said ‘No, you are wrong. It’s not possible,’” Bender recently told THR after his season 6 participation was leaked. “But that’s how long it takes. You’re overlapping with another director. There are two full units. You are there for a long time.”

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