Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Season 5
About this season
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
Episodes (14)
1. Comedy Actresses
Aired 23 June 2019 • 60 min
Regina Hall, Natasha Lyonne, Maya Rudolph, Jane Fonda, Constance Wu, Tiffany Haddish and Phoebe Waller-Bridge discuss acting in a comedy role.
2. Comedy Actors
Aired 30 June 2019 • 60 min
Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Carrey, Ted Danson, Don Cheadle, Henry Winkler and Timothy Simons discuss the craft of acting.
3. Drama Actresses
Aired 7 July 2019 • 60 min
Michelle Williams, Emilia Clarke, Danai Gurira, Niecy Nash, Patricia Arquette and Christine Baranski discuss the craft of acting.
4. Drama Actors
Aired 14 July 2019 • 60 min
Stephan James, Hugh Grant, Diego Luna, Billy Porter, Richard Madden and Sam Rockwell discuss the craft of acting.
5. Comedy Showrunners
Aired 21 July 2019 • 60 min
Jerrod Carmichael, Tanya Saracho, Alan Yang, Bill Hader, David Mandel and Ali Rushfield discuss creating a comedy for television.
6. Drama Showrunners
Aired 28 July 2019 • 60 min
Sam Esmail, Marti Noxon, John Singleton, Steve Canals, Sera Gamble and Nic Pizzolatto discuss the challenges in creating a drama series today.
7. TV Directors
Aired 4 August 2019 • 60 min
Ava DuVernay, Adam McKay, Ben Stiller, David Nutter, Patty Jenkins and Jean-Marc Vallee discuss their work as TV directors.
8. Directors
Aired 5 January 2020 • 60 min
Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Todd Philipps (Joker), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Fernando Meirelles (The Two Popes) and Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story) discuss their films.
9. Actresses
Aired 12 January 2020 • 60 min
Rebecca Ford, Renée Zellweger, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Lupita Nyong’o, Jennifer Lopez discuss the craft of acting.
10. Actors
Aired 19 January 2020 • 60 min
Stephen Galloway, Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Jamie Foxx, Shia LaBeouf discuss the craft of acting.
11. Producers
Aired 26 January 2020 • 60 min
Rebecca Ford, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Charlize Theron, David Heyman, Dan Lin, Peter Chernin, Debra Martin Chase discuss producing films.
12. Writers
Aired 2 February 2020 • 60 min
Stephen Galloway, Taika Waititi, Anthony McCarten, Lorene Scafaria, Kasi Lemmons, Destin Daniel Cretton discuss writing in films.
13. Documentary
Aired 9 February 2020 • 60 min
Rebecca Keegan, Julia Reichert, Asif Kapadia, Lauren Greenfield, Nanfu Wang, Todd Douglas Miller discuss creating a documentary.
14. Executives
Aired 16 February 2020 • 60 min
Matthew Belloni, Tom Rothman, Scott Stuber, Toby Emmerich, Donna Langley, Jennifer Salke, Jim Gianopulos, Alan Horn discuss their roles as studio executives.