Occupation Television director Years active 1985–present | Name Alik Sakharov Role Television Director | |
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Born May 17, 1959 (age 64) ( 1959-05-17 ) Tashkent, former USSR Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Nominations American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Movies Straw Dogs, Nothing but the Truth, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Lulu on the Bridge, Comfortably Numb Similar People Rod Lurie, David Chase, Marc Frydman, Joe Mantello, Bruno Heller | ||
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Alik Sakharov (Russian: Aлик Сахаров) (born May 17, 1959) is a Soviet-born American television director. A former Director of Photography, he is an active member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
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Career
In 1985, Sakharov entered the U.S. film scene as director of The Russian Touch—a topical documentary about the Russian people comprising the third wave of immigration to the United States. In 1992, he directed a silent short film Pausa—a visual meditation dedicated to the memory of the great poet of cinema Andrei Tarkovsky.
Sakharov began sharing the responsibilities of a lighting cameraman in 1985 in the New York industrial video scene, eventually progressing to shooting music videos, commercials, narrative films.
He served as Director of Photography on numerous feature films, as well as a formidable number of programs for network television and premium cable, most notably on HBO's The Sopranos (38 episodes), and, as Director/cinematographer, on HBO's ROME (10 episodes), and Game of Thrones (8 episodes).
Sakharov served as Director/co-Executive Producer in the third season of Starz' television series BLACK SAILS. Sakharov also served in seasons One and Two of TWC/Netflix mega budget series MARCO POLO (directing episodes: "Feast"; "The Fourth Step"; "Lost Crane"; "The Fellowship"). He also directed a Christmas special episode entitled "MARCO POLO: One Hundred Eyes".
In 2016, he joined the House of Cards team, directing chapters 55, 56, and 59.
Awards
As a member of the Sopranos creative ensemble, Sakharov was honored twice (in 2002 & 2004) by the American Film Institute's A Year of Excellence Award.
In 2004 Sakharov earned the 19th Annual ASC Awards nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a single camera category for The Sopranos episode "Long Term Parking."
In 2007 Sakharov won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for the ROME episode "Passover".
In 2013 Sakharov won the OFTA Award for Best Direction In A Drama Series for Game of Thrones.
Credentials
Since 2006 Sakharov has worked primarily (and from 2010 exclusively) as a television director, with credits including: