Daniel Minahan (born 1962) is an American television director and filmmaker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Minahan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Biography from TMDB.
- November 30, 1962 (63)
- Danbury, Connecticut, USA
- Director and producer, also writer
- 30 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
What are Daniel Minahan's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 0 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Daniel Minahan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (9).
- House of Cards (2013) · director, producer
- Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015) · producer
- Homeland (2011) · director
- Marco Polo (2014) · director
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) · director
- Halston (2021) · director, producer
- Hollywood (2020) · director
- Ratched (2020) · director
- On Swift Horses (2024) · director, producer
Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Minahan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
31 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Memory of a Killer(2026)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
On Swift Horses(2024)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Fellow Travelers(2023)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Girl from Plainville(2022)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Halston(2021)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Ratched(2020)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Hollywood(2020)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Deadwood: The Movie(2019)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
American Crime Story(2016)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Marco Polo(2014)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Ray Donovan(2013)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
House of Cards(2013)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Newsroom(2012)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Homeland(2011)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Game of Thrones(2011)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Off the Map (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Good Wife(2009)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Life on Mars(2008)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
True Blood(2008)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Swingtown(2008)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
John from Cincinnati(2007)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
The Black Donnellys(2007)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Big Love(2006)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Commander in Chief(2005)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Deadwood(2004)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The L Word(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Six Feet Under(2001)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Series 7: The Contenders(2001)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
I Shot Andy Warhol(1996)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 31 titles from 1996 to 2026.
Biggest box office
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Highest rated
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015)
Most popular right now
On Swift Horses (2024)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy and 1 other major award from 5 major nominations, 2017–2020.
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Television Movie
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Limited Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Drama Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Daniel Minahan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up18
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved12
- Crowd Pleaser13
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 73/100 and the pacing 42/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Daniel Minahan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Daniel Minahan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christine Vachon shares the most, 3.
Editors
- Malcolm JamiesonShared titles: Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015), Series 7: The Contenders (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Malcolm Jamieson
Producers
- Christine VachonShared titles: On Swift Horses (2024), Series 7: The Contenders (2001), I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)See all 3 shared titles with Christine Vachon
- Pamela KofflerShared titles: Series 7: The Contenders (2001), I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Pamela Koffler
