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Sidney Lumet on Danger and You Are There producer Charlie Russell

Sidney Lumet on how movie actors, including James Dean, adapted to television, and on directing You Are There

Sidney Lumet on the technical challenges of doing Danger live, and on mishaps during the broadcasts

Sidney Lumet on the correspondents of You Are There, and on their political affiliations and the Blacklist

Sidney Lumet on the technical challenges of doing Danger live, and on mishaps during the broadcasts

Sidney Lumet on Danger and You Are There producer Charlie Russell

Sidney Lumet on Danger and You Are There producer Charlie Russell, and on working with the network

Sidney Lumet on how movie actors, including James Dean, adapted to television, and on directing You Are There

Sidney Lumet on the end of Danger, and on the writers of the show

Sidney Lumet on the correspondents of You Are There, and on their political affiliations and the Blacklist

Sidney Lumet on the correspondents of You Are There, and on their political affiliations and the Blacklist

Sidney Lumet on the correspondents of You Are There, and on their political affiliations and the Blacklist

Sidney Lumet on the correspondents of You Are There, and on their political affiliations and the Blacklist

Sidney Lumet on the technical challenges of doing Danger live, and on mishaps during the broadcasts

On his early childhood in New York and New Jersey, and on his interests growing up including baseball, video games, and computer coding; on some television memories from his childhood, despite not being allowed to watch a lot of TV; on wanting to be a doctor as a teenager and volunteering at a medical examiner's office during the summer when he was sixteen

On attending Princeton University and intending to become a neurosurgeon; on how working on a college radio show, American Focus, steered him from the path of medicine toward the arts, and on the TV pilot of American Focus; on his Television Academy Foundation internship, on what he did during the internship and on what he learned from that experience; on a particularly hard day during his internship, and on the impact of the internship on his career

On his path to becoming a screenwriter, including how writing a jokey Halloween memo at his ad agency job led to his first writing job; on writing movies, and on how Chernobyl came about; on how he prepares for pitching a show and his advice for writers who are pitching; on why he wanted to have a companion podcast for Chernobyl

On his writing process in general and writing with specific actors in mind; on including characters' interior thoughts in his scripts; on being the showrunner on Chernobyl; on why he released the Chernobyl scripts online, and on an unscripted moment that ended up in the show

On winning two Emmy awards for Chernobyl, and on the significance of the phrase "Vichnaya Pamyat" which he used as the ending of one of his acceptance speeches and as the title of one of the episodes; on the impact of Chernobyl on his career

On appearing as an actor on Mythic Quest, and on his experiences writing for the show; on how he came to create the television adaptation of The Last of Us; on what he appreciates about working with HBO, and on the scheduling for Chernobyl versus The Last of Us; on plotting out season arcs on The Last of Us and knowing when to stay true to the video game and when to diverge; on directing episodes of The Last of Us and on his directing style

Craig Mazin on co-creating the television adaptation of The Last of Us

Craig Mazin on his limited series Chernobyl

Craig Mazin on his involvement with Mythic Quest

Craig Mazin on having the opportunity to interview Lorne Michaels for a college radio show as a student at Princeton University

Craig Mazin on his internship at Fox Broadcasting through the Television Academy Foundation and having the opportunity to sit in on meetings with Barry Diller, Peter Chernin, and other high-level entertainment executives

Craig Mazin on his internship at Fox Broadcasting through the Television Academy Foundation and having the opportunity to sit in on meetings with Barry Diller, Peter Chernin, and other high-level entertainment executives

Craig Mazin on how he found his way to screenwriting from his general desire to be in the television industry

Craig Mazin on how he prepares to pitch a show and on his advice for writers who are pitching

Craig Mazin on how he prepares to pitch a show and on his advice for writers who are pitching

Craig Mazin on his writing process and on writing with specific actors in mind