Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015-2021

60 minutes

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

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Stephen Galloway

Host (93 episodes)

Lacey Rose

Host (93 episodes)

Stacey Wilson

Host (14 episodes)

Kenya Barris

Kenya Barris

Self (4 episodes)

David Mandel

Self (3 episodes)

Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda

Self (2 episodes)

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence

Self (2 episodes)

Amy Sherman-Palladino

Self (2 episodes)

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Self (2 episodes)

Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson

Self (2 episodes)

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

Self (2 episodes)

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Self (2 episodes)

Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow

Self (2 episodes)

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

Self (2 episodes)

Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross

Self (2 episodes)

Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

Self (2 episodes)

Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

Self (2 episodes)

Ava DuVernay

Ava DuVernay

Self (2 episodes)

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Self (2 episodes)

Emma Stone

Emma Stone

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Gina Rodriguez

Gina Rodriguez

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Amy Schumer

Amy Schumer

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Emma Tillinger Koskoff

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Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss

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Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky

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Tiffany Haddish

Tiffany Haddish

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Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

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Jordan Peele

Jordan Peele

Self (2 episodes)

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais

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Patty Jenkins

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Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig

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Anthony McCarten

Anthony McCarten

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Regina King

Regina King

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Melissa Rosenberg

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Simon Kinberg

Simon Kinberg

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Jason Blum

Jason Blum

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Ted Danson

Ted Danson

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Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell

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Alec Berg

Alec Berg

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Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon

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Niecy Nash-Betts

Niecy Nash-Betts

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Allison Janney

Allison Janney

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Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

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Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael

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Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson

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Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani

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Alan Yang

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Aaron Sorkin

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Nina Jacobson

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Sam Esmail

Sam Esmail

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Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn

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Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

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Brie Larson

Brie Larson

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Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett

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Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling

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Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

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Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

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Carey Mulligan

Carey Mulligan

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Louie Anderson

Louie Anderson

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Sean Hayes

Sean Hayes

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Marc Maron

Marc Maron

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Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan

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Ray Romano

Ray Romano

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Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub

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Damien Chazelle

Damien Chazelle

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Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

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Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins

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Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

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Mira Nair

Mira Nair

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Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

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Bo Burnham

Bo Burnham

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John Krasinski

John Krasinski

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Peter Farrelly

Peter Farrelly

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Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader

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Eric Roth

Eric Roth

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Tamara Jenkins

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Viola Davis

Viola Davis

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Ruth Wilson

Ruth Wilson

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Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan

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Gloria Calderon Kellett

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Scott Silveri

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Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

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Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

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Laura Dern

Laura Dern

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Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o

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Will Smith

Will Smith

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Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo

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Benicio del Toro

Benicio del Toro

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Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

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Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

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Michael Caine

Michael Caine

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Alison Brie

Alison Brie

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Rachel Brosnahan

Rachel Brosnahan

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Debra Messing

Debra Messing

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Frankie Shaw

Frankie Shaw

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Drew Barrymore

Drew Barrymore

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Molly Shannon

Molly Shannon

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Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck

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Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges

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Andrew Garfield

Andrew Garfield

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Dev Patel

Dev Patel

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David Crosby

David Crosby

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Kesha

Kesha

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Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

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Boots Riley

Boots Riley

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Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson

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Diane Warren

Diane Warren

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David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

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Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton

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Justin Theroux

Justin Theroux

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Jon Voight

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Clive Owen

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Ryan Murphy

Ryan Murphy

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Noah Hawley

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Lisa Joy

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Jenji Kohan

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David E. Kelley

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Adam Driver

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Adam Sandler

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Robert De Niro

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Jamie Foxx

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Shia LaBeouf

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Alex Gibney

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Michael Moore

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Liz Garbus

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Amy Berg

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Kirby Dick

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Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman

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Darren Criss

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Jeff Daniels

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Matthew Rhys

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J.K. Simmons

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Michael B. Jordan

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Annette Bening

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Naomie Harris

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Isabelle Huppert

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Amy Adams

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Julie Cohen

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Rashida Jones

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Bing Liu

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Morgan Neville

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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

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Tim Wardle

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Kate McKinnon

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Lena Dunham

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Ellie Kemper

Ellie Kemper

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Leah Remini

Leah Remini

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Kris Jenner

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RuPaul

RuPaul

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W. Kamau Bell

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SallyAnn Salsano

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Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron

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David Heyman

David Heyman

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Dan Lin

Dan Lin

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Peter Chernin

Peter Chernin

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Debra Martin Chase

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Rodrigo Prieto

Rodrigo Prieto

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Linus Sandgren

Linus Sandgren

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John Toll

John Toll

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Charlotte Bruus Christensen

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Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

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Claire Foy

Claire Foy

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Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

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Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh

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Matt Damon

Matt Damon

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Frank Marshall

Frank Marshall

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Marc Platt

Marc Platt

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Todd Black

Todd Black

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Regina Hall

Regina Hall

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Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne

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Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph

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Constance Wu

Constance Wu

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Will Forte

Will Forte

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Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen

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Thomas Middleditch

Thomas Middleditch

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Denis Villeneuve

Denis Villeneuve

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

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Joe Wright

Joe Wright

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Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

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Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi

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Lorene Scafaria

Lorene Scafaria

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Kasi Lemmons

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Destin Cretton

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Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson

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Julianna Margulies

Julianna Margulies

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Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington

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Constance Zimmer

Constance Zimmer

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Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst

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Salim Akil

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Robert Kirkman

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Shawn Levy

Shawn Levy

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Jonathan Nolan

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Pedro Almodóvar

Pedro Almodóvar

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Allison Schroeder

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Tom Ford

Tom Ford

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Kenneth Lonergan

Kenneth Lonergan

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Noah Oppenheim

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Taylor Sheridan

Taylor Sheridan

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Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen

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Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

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Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler

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Timothy Simons

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Lee Daniels

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Damon Lindelof

Damon Lindelof

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Alex Gansa

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Sarah Treem

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Michelle King

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Beau Willimon

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John Boyega

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Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

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James Franco

James Franco

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Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

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Rami Malek

Rami Malek

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Bobby Cannavale

Bobby Cannavale

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Wagner Moura

Wagner Moura

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr.

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Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

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Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

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Whitney Cummings

Whitney Cummings

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Michael Schur

Michael Schur

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Justin Simien

Justin Simien

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Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

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Roger Ross Williams

Roger Ross Williams

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Raoul Peck

Raoul Peck

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Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

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Josh Kriegman

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Ezra Edelman

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Michelle Williams

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Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke

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Danai Gurira

Danai Gurira

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Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette

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Christine Baranski

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Jill Soloway

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Jay Duplass

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Steven Levitan

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Robert Carlock

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Mary J. Blige

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Jessica Chastain

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Tom Rothman

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Scott Stuber

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Donna Langley

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Peter Morgan

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David Shore

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Richard Madden

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Mark Burnett

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Julie Chen

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Cat Deeley

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Jane Levy

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Robin Thede

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Tony Hale

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Rob Lowe

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Keegan-Michael Key

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Ryan Coogler

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Bradley Cooper

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Alfonso Cuarón

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Marielle Heller

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Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos

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Spike Lee

Spike Lee

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Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

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Brian Tyree Henry

Brian Tyree Henry

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William H. Macy

William H. Macy

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Tanya Saracho

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Bill Hader

Bill Hader

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Alexandra Rushfield

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Stacey Sher

Stacey Sher

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Ice Cube

Ice Cube

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Steve Golin

Steve Golin

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Christine Vachon

Christine Vachon

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Emily V. Gordon

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Fatih Akin

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Dan Levy

Dan Levy

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Kenan Thompson

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Marti Noxon

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Hugh Jackman

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America Ferrera

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Steven Canals

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Nic Pizzolatto

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Emma Donoghue

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Tom McCarthy

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Meg LeFauve

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Nick Hornby

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Roger Deakins

Roger Deakins

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Robert Elswit

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Janusz Kamiński

Janusz Kamiński

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Dan Laustsen

Dan Laustsen

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Rachel Morrison

Rachel Morrison

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Hoyte van Hoytema

Hoyte van Hoytema

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Zendaya

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Jennifer Aniston

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Janelle Monae

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Helena Bonham Carter

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Rose Byrne

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Marta Kauffman

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Aline Brosh McKenna

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Nahnatchka Khan

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Glenn Close

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Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga

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Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

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Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed

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Sterling K. Brown

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John Lithgow

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Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

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Jeffrey Wright

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Adam McKay

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Ben Stiller

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David Nutter

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Jean-Marc Vallée

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Quentin Tarantino

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Tom Hooper

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Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle

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David O. Russell

David O. Russell

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Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston

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Armie Hammer

Armie Hammer

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Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson

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Diane Kruger

Diane Kruger

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Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer

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Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart

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Tobias Menzies

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

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