Miniseries · HBO
The Man Will Burn
80,000 people. One social experiment.
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TV DNA
How The Man Will Burn actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Man Will Burn reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Explores the definitive story of the Burning Man festival, filmed over three years with the co-operation of the Burning Man Project, the non-profit behind it, and featuring archive from the last 30 years.
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Latest Episodes
S01E02
Welcome to the Shit Show
- Directed by Vikram Gandhi, Jehane Noujaim
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Kristín Ólafsdóttir
Executive producer
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David Fialkow
Executive producer
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Natalie Lehmann
Executive producer
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Nina Fialkow
Executive producer
Vikram Gandhi
Executive producer
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Nushin Sabet
Executive producer
Lisa Heller
Executive producer
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Farhad Mohit
Executive producer
Nancy Abraham
Executive producer
Jehane Noujaim
Executive producer
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Yariv Milchan
Executive producer
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Michael Heimler
Executive producer
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Executive producer
Sara Rodriguez
Executive producer
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Dana O'Keefe
Executive producer
Teddy Schwarzman
Executive producer
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Thor Björgólfsson
Executive producer
Karim Amer
Executive producer
Lyn Davis Lear
Executive producer
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Emily Selinger
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kristín ÓlafsdóttirExecutive Producer
- David FialkowExecutive Producer
- Natalie LehmannExecutive Producer
- Nina FialkowExecutive Producer
- Vikram GandhiExecutive Producer
- Paul McGuireProducer
Direction
- Vikram GandhiDirector
- Jehane NoujaimDirector
Cinematography
- Benji LanpherDirector of Photography
Music
- Steven Richard DavisOriginal Music Composer
- Tori LetzlerOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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- HBO MaxStreaming
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