Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter - Season 5

Season 5
Episodes

Comedy Actresses
Regina Hall, Natasha Lyonne, Maya Rudolph, Jane Fonda, Constance Wu, Tiffany Haddish and Phoebe Waller-Bridge discuss acting in a comedy role.

Comedy Actors
Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Carrey, Ted Danson, Don Cheadle, Henry Winkler and Timothy Simons discuss the craft of acting.

Drama Actresses
Michelle Williams, Emilia Clarke, Danai Gurira, Niecy Nash, Patricia Arquette and Christine Baranski discuss the craft of acting.

Drama Actors
Stephan James, Hugh Grant, Diego Luna, Billy Porter, Richard Madden and Sam Rockwell discuss the craft of acting.

Comedy Showrunners
Jerrod Carmichael, Tanya Saracho, Alan Yang, Bill Hader, David Mandel and Ali Rushfield discuss creating a comedy for television.

Drama Showrunners
Sam Esmail, Marti Noxon, John Singleton, Steve Canals, Sera Gamble and Nic Pizzolatto discuss the challenges in creating a drama series today.

TV Directors
Ava DuVernay, Adam McKay, Ben Stiller, David Nutter, Patty Jenkins and Jean-Marc Vallee discuss their work as TV directors.

Directors
Stephen Galloway, Martin Scorsese, Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, Todd Philipps, Lulu Wang, Fernando Meirelles discuss their work as film directors.

Actresses
Rebecca Ford, Renée Zellweger, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Lupita Nyong'o, Jennifer Lopez discuss the craft of acting.

Actors
Stephen Galloway, Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Jamie Foxx, Shia LaBeouf discuss the craft of acting.

Producers
Rebecca Ford, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Charlize Theron, David Heyman, Dan Lin, Peter Chernin, Debra Martin Chase discuss producing films.

Writers
Stephen Galloway, Taika Waititi, Anthony McCarten, Lorene Scafaria, Kasi Lemmons, Destin Daniel Cretton discuss writing in films.

Documentary
Rebecca Keegan, Julia Reichert, Asif Kapadia, Lauren Greenfield, Nanfu Wang, Todd Douglas Miller discuss creating a documentary.

Executives
Matthew Belloni, Tom Rothman, Scott Stuber, Toby Emmerich, Donna Langley, Jennifer Salke, Jim Gianopulos, Alan Horn discuss their roles as studio executives.
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