Craig Mazin

Biography

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

Scary Movie 4

as Saw Villain (voice)

Superhero Movie

as "Okay, I come back"

Mythic Quest

as Sol Green

Mythic Quest

as Lou

Heckler

as Self

Making of The Last of Us

as Self

Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Pursuit Of Victory

as Norm

Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective

as Self