The Sympathizer (miniseries)

The Sympathizer
Genre	Black comedy Historical drama Spy thriller War drama
Created by	Park Chan-wook Don McKellar
Based on	The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Showrunners	Park Chan-wook Don McKellar
Directed by	Park Chan-wook Fernando Meirelles Marc Munden
Starring	Hoa Xuande Robert Downey Jr. Toan Le Fred Nguyen Khan Duy Nguyễn Vy Le Ky Duyen Phanxinê Kieu Chinh Alan Trong Sandra Oh
Composer	Jo Yeong-wook
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original languages	English Vietnamese
No. of episodes	7
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	Kim Ji-yong Barry Ackroyd
Editors	Jin Lee Vikash Patel Fernando Stutz
Production companies	Team Downey Rhombus Media Cinetic Media Moho Film A24
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	April 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.