Craig Mazin

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-04-08 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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 M...

Acting

2007

Heckler

as Self

2024

Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006

Scary Movie 4

as Saw Villain (voice)

2008

Superhero Movie

as "Okay, I come back"

Production

2003

Scary Movie 3

as Screenplay

2006

Scary Movie 4

as Screenplay

2006

Scary Movie 4

as Producer

2008

Superhero Movie

as Producer

1998

Senseless

as Screenplay

2006

School for Scoundrels

as Executive Producer

2000

The Specials

as Director

2011

2013

Identity Thief

as Screenplay

2000

The Specials

as Co-Producer

1997

RocketMan

as Screenplay

2008

Superhero Movie

as Director

2008

2024

Dune: Part Two

as Additional Writing

2024

Wicked

as Additional Writing

2025

Wicked: For Good

as Additional Writing

2016

Stripped

as Thanks

2024

1997

RocketMan

as Story

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