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Dariusz Wolski ('News of the World'), Erik Messerschmidt ('Mank'), Mandy Walker ('Mulan'), Tami Reiker ('One Night in Miami', 'The Old Guard'), Joshua James Richards ('Nomadland') and Damian Garcia ('I'm No Longer Here') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Cinematographers Roundtable.

Andy Samberg ('Palm Springs'), Marc Platt ('The Trial of the Chicago 7'), Ashley Levinson ('Pieces of a Woman', 'Malcolm & Marie'), Eric Roth ('Mank'), Charles D. King ('Judas and the Black Messiah') and Dede Gardner ('Minari') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Producers Roundtable.

George Clooney ('Midnight Sky'), Spike Lee ('Da 5 Bloods'), Regina King ('One Night in Miami'), Paul Greengrass ('News of the World'), Chloé Zhao ('Nomadland'), George C. Wolfe ('Ma Rainey's Black Bottom') and Lee Isaac Chung ('Minari)' join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Directors Roundtable.

Kori Rae ('Onward'), Glen Keane ('Over the Moon'), Mark Swift ('The Croods: A New Age'), Gitanjali Rao ('Bombay Rose'), Tomm Moore ('Wolfwalkers') and Pete Doctor ('Soul') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Animation Roundtable.

Kerry Washington (‘The Fight’), Amy Ziering (‘On the Record’), Stacey Abrams (‘All In: The Fight For Democracy’), Jesse Moss (‘Boys State’), Garrett Bradley (‘Time’) and Jim LeBrecht (‘Crip Camp’) join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Documentary Roundtable.

Deborah Chow, Jon M. Chu, Janet Mock, Alex Garland, Jonathan Nolan, and Anna Boden discuss their work as TV directors.

Damon Lindelof, Michelle King, Alexander Woo, and others discuss their work as drama show runners.

Kenya Barris, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Greg Daniels, and others discuss their work as show runners.

Bob Odenkirk, Patrick Stewart, Daveed Diggs, and others discuss their role as drama actors.

Jennifer Aniston, Janelle Monáe, Zendaya, and others discuss their roles as drama actresses.

Dan Levy, Kumail Nanjiani, Ramy Youssef, Kenan Thompson, and Ricky Gervais discuss their work as comedy actors.

Jane Levy, Elle Fanning, Amy Sedaris, and others discuss their work as comedy actresses.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glenn Close, Lady Gaga, Kathryn Hahn, Nicole Kidman, Regina King and Rachel Weisz discuss the craft of acting.

Mahershala Ali, Chadwick Boseman, Timothée Chalamet, Richard E. Grant, Hugh Jackman and Viggo Mortensen discuss the craft of acting.

Directors Ryan Coogler, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Marielle Heller, Yorgos Lanthimos and Spike Lee discuss the challenges and triumphs of filmmaking.

Dan Futterman - "The Looming Tower" (Hulu) Bruce Miller - "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu) Peter Morgan - "The Crown" (Netflix) David Shore - "The Good Doctor" (ABC) Lena Waithe - "The Chi" (Showtime) Courtney Kemp - "Power" (Starz)

Pamela Adlon - "Better Things" (FX) Alec Berg - "Silicon Valley" (HBO), "Barry" (HBO) Whitney Cummings - "Roseanne" (ABC) Mike Schur - "The Good Place" (NBC) Amy Sherman-Palladino - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon) Justin Simien - "Dear White People" (Netflix)

Salim Akil - "Black Lightning" (CW) Jason Blum - "Sharp Objects" (HBO) Simon Kinberg - "Legion" (FX) Robert Kirkman - "The Walking Dead" (AMC) Shawn Levy - "Stranger Things" (Netflix) Jonathan Nolan - "Westworld" (HBO) Melissa Rosenberg - "Jessica Jones" (Netflix)

Angela Bassett - "9-1-1" (FOX) Claire Foy - "The Crown" (Netflix) Maggie Gyllenhaal - "The Deuce" (HBO) Elisabeth Moss - "Top of the Lake: China Girl" (SundanceTV) / "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu) Thandie Newton - "Westworld" (HBO) Sandra Oh - "Killing Eve" (BBC America)

Jason Bateman - "Ozark" (Netflix) Darren Criss - "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" (FX) Jeff Daniels - "The Looming Tower" (Hulu) / "Godless" (Netflix) Matthew Rhys - "The Americans" (FX) J.K. Simmons - "Counterpart" (Starz) Michael B. Jordan - "Fahrenheit 451" (HBO)

Alison Brie - "GLOW" (Netflix) Rachel Brosnahan - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon) Debra Messing - "Will & Grace" (NBC) Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC) Frankie Shaw - "SMILF" (Showtime) Drew Barrymore - "Santa Clarita Diet" (Netflix) Molly Shannon - "Divorce" (HBO)

Louie Anderson - "Baskets" (FX) Sean Hayes - "Will & Grace" (NBC) Marc Maron - "GLOW" (Netflix) Tracy Morgan - "The Last O.G." (TBS) Ray Romano - "Get Shorty" (Epix) Tony Shaloub - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon)

Six top actresses — Mary J. Blige (Mudbound), Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game), Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes), and Jennifer Lawrence (mother!)— open up about risky roles and how the industry's culture of abuse might finally be on the verge of change

Tom Hanks (The Post), James Franco (The Disaster Artist), John Boyega (Detroit), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) open up about their latest films.

Six top filmmakers — also including Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049), Angelina Jolie (First They Killed My Father) and Joe Wright (Darkest Hour) — open up about choosing the right projects ("You don't want to end up in a bad marriage"), firing staff and what it feels like to direct a movie that bombs: "People think you move on, but you don't."

This season's 2017 Reality Roundtable features Leah Remini ('Scientology and the Aftermath'), Kris Jenner ('Keeping Up With The Kardashians'), RuPaul ('RuPaul's Drag Race'), W. Kamau Bell ('United Shades of America'), and Sallyann Salsano ('Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party').

This season's 2017 Drama Showrunner Roundtable features Ava DuVernay ('Queen Sugar'), Ryan Murphy ('Feud: Bette and Joan'/'American Horror Story: Roanoke'), Noah Hawley ('Fargo'/'Legion'), Lisa Joy ('Westworld'), Jenji Kohan ('Orange is the New Black') and David E. Kelly ('Big Little Lies').

2017 Comedy Showrunner Roundtable features the talented Gloria Calderon Kellett ('One Dat at a Time'), Scott Silveri ('Speechless'), Judd Apatow ('Girls', 'Crashing', 'Love'), Phoebe Waller-Bridge ('Fleabag'), David Mandel ('Veep') and Kenya Barris ('Black-ish')

Nicole Kidman ('Big Little Lies'), Jessica Lange ('Feud: Bette and Joan'), Chrissy Metz ('This Is Us'), Elisabeth Moss ('The Handmaid's Tale'), Oprah Winfrey ('The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks') and Reese Witherspoon ('Big Little Lies') talk about how they prepare for intense scenes and gender equality in Hollywood.

Riz Ahmed ('The Night Of'), Sterling K. Brown ('This Is Us'), John Lithgow ('The Crown'), Ewan McGregor ('Fargo'), Billy Bob Thornton ('Goliath') and Jeffrey Wright ('Westworld') talk about what scenes they were nervous to approach and the process of letting a character go.

Pamela Adlon ('Better Things'), Minnie Driver ('Speechless'), America Ferrera ('Superstore'), Kathryn Hahn ('I Love Dick'), Issa Rae ('Insecure') and Emmy Rossum ('Shameless') talk about typecasting in Hollywood, male nudity vs. female nudity and their most embarrassing moments on set.

Anthony Anderson ('Black-ish'), Kevin Bacon ('I Love Dick'), Ted Danson ('The Good Place'), Brian Tyree Henry ('Atlanta'), William H. Macy ('Shameless') and Kumail Nanjiani ('Silicon Valley') talk about tackling unlikable characters, what it's like making comedy in the current political climate and their proudest moments from their shows.

2017 Oscars Actress Roundtable with Emma Stone ('La La Land'), Taraji P. Henson ('Hidden Figures'), Annette Bening ('20th Century Woman'), Natalie Portman ('Jackie'), Naomie Harris ('Moonlight'), Isabelle Huppert ('Elle'), and Amy Adams ('Arrival' 'Nocturnal Animals')

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water), Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Snowden) and Dev Patel (Lion) discuss how they go about researching roles, being typecast and what it's like working with celebrated directors.

The directors of this year's most acclaimed films, Damien Chazelle (La La Land), Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge), Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Mira Nair (Queen of Katwe), Oliver Stone (Snowden), Denzel Washington (Fences), talk about the filmmaking process.

TV’s top reality talent - Mark Cuban (Shark Tank), Jane Lynch (Hollywood Game Night), Guy Fieri (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives), Nick Cannon (America’s Got Talent), Mike Darnell (500 Questions) and LL Cool J (Lip Sync Battle) - discuss on-set psychologists, coaxing contestants and America’s first reality star presidential candidate, Donald Trump.

Comedy TV writer-producers including Kenya Barris (Black-ish), Marta Kauffman (Grace and Frankie), Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Alan Yang (Master of None), Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat) and David Mandel (Veep) talk condoms, stunt guests and what they have (and haven't) been able to get away with showing and talking about on the small screen.

Six of television's top drama series bosses- Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey), Nina Jacobson (American Crime Story), Marti Noxon (UnREAL, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce), Melissa Rosenberg (Jessica Jones) and John Ridley (American Crime)- open up about the stories that made them genuinely nervous, diversity in Hollywood and what it takes to cast their shows.

Comedy masters, Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent), Aziz Ansari (Master of None), Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Tony Hale (Veep), Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show), Rob Lowe (The Grinder), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), divulge their most embarrassing moments, who inspires them and the challenges of taking a comedic look at serious topics.

TV's leading funny ladies – Rachel Bloom, Gina Rodriguez, Allison Janney, Niecy Nash, Lily Tomlin, Ilana Glazer – disclose the best advice they ever got, the moment they knew they wanted to become actors and their funniest fan interactions.

Six of the television season's most eclectic drama actors – including Rami Malek, Bobby Cannavale, Wagner Moura, Cuba Gooding Jr., Forest Whitaker, and Paul Giamatti reveal the challenges of letting emotionally demanding characters go, the nuances of real versus fictional characters, and the little known movies they wish everyone had seen.

Six of the year's most sought after drama actresses engage in a candid conversation about sex scenes and nudity as they get older. Sarah Paulson, Julianna Margulies, Kerry Washington, Constance Zimmer, Kirsten Dunst, Regina King, and Jennifer Lopez discuss the advantages of working with female directors, the new landscape of television, and what their first big splurge was.

The year's most notable directors join for The Hollywood Reporter's Writer Director Roundtable. The directors include Quentin Tarantino ('The Hateful Eight'), Tom Hooper ('The Danish Girl'), Alejandro G. Inarritu ('The Revenant'), Ridley Scott ('The Martian'), Danny Boyle ('Steve Jobs') and David O. Russell ('Joy').

Some of the past's years most notable screenwriters join for The Hollywood Reporter's Writer Oscar Roundtable. The writers include comedian and actress Amy Schumer ('Trainwreck'), former playwright Aaron Sorkin ('Steve Jobs'), novelist Emma Donoghue ('Room'), present-day actor-director Tom McCarthy ('Spotlight'), onetime executive Meg LeFauve ('Inside Out'), and former teacher Nick Hornby ('Brooklyn').