Craig Mazin

Writing

Craig Mazin

Born April 8, 1971Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA16 credits

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

Filmography

Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II
2024Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
The Last of Us
2023The Last of Us
Executive ProducerTV
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
as Self - Phone a FriendTV
Mythic Quest
2020Mythic Quest
as Sol GreenTV
Chernobyl
2019Chernobyl
Executive ProducerTV
Superhero Movie
2008Superhero Movie
as "Okay, I come back"Movie
Heckler
2007Heckler
as SelfMovie
School for Scoundrels
2006School for Scoundrels
Executive ProducerMovie
Scary Movie 4
2006Scary Movie 4
as Saw Villain (voice)Movie
The Specials
2000The Specials
DirectorMovie
RocketMan
1997RocketMan
StoryMovie