Sackheim's work has earned him one Primetime Emmy Award and two additional Emmy nominations. In 1994, Sackheim won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, having been nominated for his work on the NYPD Blue episode "Tempest in a C-Cup". His two other nominations have both been for Outstanding Drama Series in the role of producer—for Law & Order in 1992, and for House in 2007.