Mark Mylod is a British film and television director and producer. He is best known for his work in the HBO series Game of Thrones as a director. Mark Mylod directed several television shows in the United States and in the United Kingdom, many of them for the BBC. Mylod co-produced the HBO television series Entourage, on which he was also a regular director. Prior to Entourage, Mylod's directed the feature films Ali G Indahouse, The Big White and What's Your Number? and the series Cold Feet, The Royle Family, and Bang Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer. Mylod directed and executive-produced the pilot episode of the U.S. version of the dramedy, Shameless, for Showtime. He remains a co-executive producer and frequent director on the series. In 2011, Mylod directed and executive-produced the pilot of the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time. In 2014, he directed the pilot episode for American TV Series The Affair. In 2014 he directed episodes 3 and 4 of Season 5 of the HBO series Game of Thrones. He came back for Season 6, where he directed episode 7 and 8  and episode 2 of season 7.