Craig Mazin
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Craig Mazin

Born 8 April 1971 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Craig Mazin (born 1971) is an American writer, director, and producer. He is best known for creating, writing, and producing the HBO historical disaster drama miniseries Chernobyl (2019) and co-creating, co-writing, and executive producing the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series The Last of Us (2023–present), the latter alongside Neil Druckmann. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Limited Series. Prior to gaining attention and acclaim for his dramatic work, Mazin was primarily known for his work on comedy films such as Scary Movie 3 (2003), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Superhero Movie (2008), The Hangover Part II (2011), The Hangover Part III, and Identity Thief (both 2013). Description above from the Wikipedia article Craig Mazin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Hangover Part II
The Hangover Part III
Chernobyl
The Last of Us
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 4
Identity Thief
Superhero Movie
The Sheep Detectives
Mythic Quest
Senseless
The Sheep Detectives
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Identity Thief
The Hangover Part III
The Hangover Part II
Superhero Movie
Scary Movie 4
Scary Movie 3
The Specials
Senseless
RocketMan
Craig Mazin · Midrow