Given the very likely (though not yet officially
confirmed) shorter episode count for Season 7, there will only be four directors on board next year.
Entertainment Weeklyreports that Jeremy Podeswa will be coming back, something the director himself
heavily implied earlier this week. Podeswa has remained a key player on the show even after the
controversy surrounding his Season 5 episode, “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” a.k.a. Sansa’s No Good Very Bad Wedding Night. He also helmed both this year’s premiere and the follow-up episode, “Home,” and will return, presumably, to tackle two more episodes next year.
Mark Mylod is also a somewhat controversial choice when it comes to returning Game of Thrones directors. Like Podeswa, he’s directed four episodes over the past two yearsone of which, “No One,” was considered
by some to be a
low point of Season 6. Mylod will probably head up two episodes next year.