<P> Each ten - episode season of Game of Thrones has four to six directors, who usually direct back - to - back episodes . Alan Taylor has directed seven episodes, the most episodes of the series . Alex Graves, David Nutter, Mark Mylod and Jeremy Podeswa have directed six each . Daniel Minahan directed five episodes, and Michelle MacLaren, Alik Sakharov, and Miguel Sapochnik directed four each . Brian Kirk directed three episodes during the first season, and Tim Van Patten directed the series' first two episodes . Neil Marshall directed two episodes, both with large battle scenes: "Blackwater" and "The Watchers on the Wall". Other directors have been Jack Bender, David Petrarca, Daniel Sackheim, Michael Slovis and Matt Shakman . David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have directed two episodes together but only credited one each episode, which was determined after a coin toss . </P> <P> Alik Sakharov was the pilot's cinematographer . The series has had a number of cinematographers, and has received seven Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single - Camera Series nominations . </P> <P> Oral Norrey Ottey, Frances Parker, Martin Nicholson, Crispin Green, Tim Porter and Katie Weiland have edited the series for a varying number of episodes . Weiland received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single - Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series in 2015 . </P> <P> Michele Clapton was costume designer for Game of Thrones' first five seasons before she was replaced by April Ferry . Clapton will return to the show as costume designer for the seventh season . </P>

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