“While most episodes have a beginning, middle, and an ending, finales o...” — Miguel Sapochnik Quote

While most episodes have a beginning, middle, and an ending, finales on 'Game of Thrones' are just one ending after another after another, as each of the storylines needs to wrapped up or at least attended to in some way.

The shift for me, after spending a long time trying to take existing projects and bring them to fruition as a director for hire, is going back to where I started as a self-generating director. After trying and failing to get so many things made, I have decided that you've just got to do something you really, really love.

When I was coming onto 'Thrones,' I was looking for, 'What's the formula here?' There was a very David Lean kind of approach to it. It was traditional, in a way, and it was naturalistic in some respects, even though it was fantasy.

I had this total obsession that I would have my first movie at the Empire when I was 24, so it was a big disappointment that it didn't happen.

There were no Republican good guys in my household growing up, and I don't remember any Republicans when I attended one of the most liberal colleges in the nation.

I attended high school in Hawaii, and then put myself through college at the University of Southern California, where I received a business degree.

I was born and raised in Maryland and attended the public school system.

Dr. Henry Givens, Jr. led Harris-Stowe State University for 32 years. His leadership transformed Harris-Stowe, the university I attended, from a small college with just one building into the nationally acclaimed HBCU that it is today.