The Sympathizer (miniseries)

The Sympathizer
Genre
Created by
Based onThe Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Showrunners
  • Park Chan-wook
  • Don McKellar
Directed by
Starring
ComposerJo Yeong-wook
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languages
  • English
  • Vietnamese
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producers
  • Park Chan-wook
  • Don McKellar
  • Robert Downey Jr.
  • Susan Downey
  • Amanda Burrell
  • Niv Fichman
  • Kim Ly
  • Ron Schmidt
  • Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Jisun Beck
  • John Sloss
  • Ravi Nandan
  • Hallie Sekoff
Producers
  • Inman Young
  • Jes Anderson
  • Ted Pacult
  • Kris Baucom
Production locations
  • United States
  • Thailand
Cinematography
Editors
  • Jin Lee
  • Vikash Patel
  • Fernando Stutz
Production companies
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseApril 14 (2024-04-14) –
May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26)
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The Sympathizer (Vietnamese: Cảm tình viên) is a historical black comedy drama miniseries based on the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The series was created by co-showrunners Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, with Park directing the first three episodes. The series premiered on HBO on April 14, 2024, and is produced by A24 and Rhombus Media.