Miguel's paternal grandfather was León/Leib Sapochnik (the son of Francisco Sapochnik and Mara Povaresky). León was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Francisco was born in Bessarabia. For his work as a director on the HBO epic fantasy seriesG a m e of Thrones, he won the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards and Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing- Drama Series at the 69th Directors Guild of America Awards. Sapochnik began his career as a storboard artist; some of his credits include Trainspotting (1996, directed by Danny Boyle) and The Winter Guest (1997, actor Alan Rickman's directorial debut). In 2000, Sapochnikdirected a2000 short film titled The Dreamer, which he wrote and directed. He also directed the "Beautiful Inside" music video for singer Louise. Between 2001 and 2005, he was a director of Snowflake in Hell Films Limited. Sapochnik's feature film directorial debut was Repo Men (2010), starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker. Sapochnik has worked on American television series, direc- ting episodes of Awake (2012), Fringe (2011-12), House (2011-12) and Mind Games (2014). In 2016, Sapochnik directed the series premiere of the show Altered Carbon for Netflix. In 2017, he directed an episode of Iron Fist.