One of the directors of AMC's pop culture phenomenon, Breaking Bad, will be taking over director duties for Alex Graves (The Lion And The Rose, Breaker Of Chains, The Mountain And The Viper, The Children) in the upcoming 5th season of Game of Thrones. It has been revealed that Michael Slovis, who directed four episodes of Breaking Bad (Kafkaesque, Cornered, Live Free Or Die, and Confessions) and served as Director of Photography on over 20 episodes, will be handling directing duties for the first two episodes of Season 5 as Graves takes a rest from the series with plans to return in Season 6, assuming any characters are left alive that is.