Brian Kirk (born 1968) is an award-winning Irish motion picture director. He was an episodic director for the first season of Game of Thrones and helmed the third episode "Lord Snow", the fourth episode "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things", and the fifth episode "The Wolf and the Lion". He has also directed episodes of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire and Luck. He has worked on The Riches, The Tudors, Brotherhood, Dexter, and Luther. He directed the British miniseries Father & Son and Great Expectations.