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Craig Mazin

クレイグ・メイジン　/　くれいぐ・めいじん

American film director

April 8, 1971 (age 55)　・　Brooklyn, New York, United States

New York
film director
screenwriter
podcaster

My Take

What fascinates me about Craig Mazin is the pivot. For years he was filed under disposable studio comedies, and then Chernobyl arrived — meticulous, morally serious, devastating — and suddenly the same name meant prestige. I don't think it was a reinvention so much as a revelation: comedy writing is brutal structural training, and he simply aimed those muscles at heavier material. Add The Last of Us, plus years of generously teaching screenwriting through his podcast, and you get my favorite kind of creator — one who treats craft as a discipline rather than a mystique. He earned his second act line by line.

Overview

Craig Mazin (born April 8, 1971) is an American filmmaker. 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 Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Craig Mazin
Name (Japanese): クレイグ・メイジン
Reading: くれいぐ・めいじん
Born: April 8, 1971 (age 55)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Boar
Origin: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / podcaster / actor / film producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Freehold High School
University: Princeton University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Xhttps://x.com/clmazin
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Mazin

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