--- name: "Neil Druckmann" canonical: "https://film.one/person/neil-druckmann" fi1m_id: "neil-druckmann" imdb_id: "nm3773654" tmdb_id: 1295692 wikidata_id: "Q13655731" roles: ["Producer","Director"] born: "5 December 1978" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "producer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-05T16:18:20.671982+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Neil Druckmann ## Identity Neil Druckmann - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/neil-druckmann - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** neil-druckmann - **IMDb ID:** nm3773654 - **TMDB ID:** 1295692 - **Wikidata ID:** Q13655731 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Druckmann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13655731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3773654/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1295692 Producer and director. Born 5 December 1978 in Tel Aviv, Israel. ## Details - **Work:** Producer, Director - **Born:** 5 December 1978, Tel Aviv, Israel - **Active:** 2022–present - **Also known as:** Dr. Uckmann, ניל דרוקמן‎, 닐 드럭만, 닐 드러그만, 尼尔·德鲁克曼 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 producing - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Druckmann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13655731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3773654/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1295692 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Last of Us*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Neil Druckmann > Neil Druckmann is at his best when frightened people have time to grow attached to each other. We rate the patience of *The Last of Us* highly, though its supporting characters do not always receive the same care. In *The Last of Us* (2023), Joel and Ellie's growing attachment holds our attention even when the next threat is familiar. Writers Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin give them nine episodes in which to become more than people trying to stay alive. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey make that patience rewarding. We were moved by the care that develops between the pair: amid so much suffering, the series still lets them build a relationship we want to follow. His earlier work in games helps explain that emphasis. He was creative director and writer on *The Last of Us* (2013) and *Uncharted 4: A Thief's End* (2016), then creative director and co-writer on *The Last of Us Part II* (2020). Relationships remain central to his storytelling, alongside people struggling with the past and repeating violence. Co-creating the television adaptation with Mazin, and writing and directing episodes, brought those interests to a medium in which we could watch but no longer intervene. The first series makes that change feel worthwhile. Druckmann's habit of asking how little a scene needs to say is a useful starting point for this kind of drama. It leaves space for performers, and Pascal and Ramsey make good use of it. But some supporting characters need more time than Mazin and Druckmann allow them. The scripts occasionally ask for an emotional response before we have been given enough reason to care, a shortcoming made more obvious by the attention paid to Joel and Ellie. Serious treatment cannot make every familiar apocalypse encounter interesting, either. Druckmann stepped back from the television series in 2025 to concentrate on Naughty Dog projects, including directing *Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet*. His work with Mazin is worth remembering when discussing him as an author: the series depends on their shared writing and on what Pascal and Ramsey do with it. For the work that follows, we hope he gives the people outside the central relationship a fairer share of his attention. Start with the first television series, even if zombie stories have worn out their welcome. ## Biography Neil Druckmann is an Israeli-American writer and director. He co-created the HBO series *The Last of Us* (2023) with Craig Mazin, serving as writer, executive producer and director of episodes. Druckmann was born on 5 December 1978 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is best known for his work on the video game *The Last of Us* (2013) and its sequel, which he co-led as writer and creative director at Naughty Dog. He later adapted the story for television. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Directed (1) - *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) ### Produced (1) — the average rests on these - *Uncharted* (2022), Fi1m 50, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/uncharted.md) ## Complete filmography (6) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Last of Us* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Video Game, Creator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) - *Uncharted* (2022), Executive Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/uncharted.md) - *The Last of Us: One Night Live* (2014), Director - *Uncharted: Eye of Indra* (2009), Writer, Director - *Uncharted: Eye of Indra* (2009), series, Writer, Director - *Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Motion Comic* (2007), series, Creator ## Gallery - ![Neil Druckmann](https://film.one/media/person/46617/gallery-7cf4610ab910.jpg) Neil Druckmann — Bea Phi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Neil_Druckmann%2C_co-director%2C_at_SXSW_2025_01_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Uncharted 2. Left to right: Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr, Amy Hennig. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/46617/gallery-5034724606cf.jpg) Uncharted 2. Left to right: Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr, Amy Hennig. (2010) — Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_%40_GDC_2010_%284426810553%29.jpg/1280px-Game_Developers_Choice_Awards_%40_GDC_2010_%284426810553%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Neil Druckmann in an interview with Jonatan Blomberg for MovieZine. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/46617/gallery-f328df821a0e.png) Neil Druckmann in an interview with Jonatan Blomberg for MovieZine. (2023) — Jonatan Blomberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Neil_Druckmann%2C_MovieZine_interview.png/1280px-Neil_Druckmann%2C_MovieZine_interview.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Neil Druckmann, co-director, at the 2025 South by Southwest festival.](https://film.one/media/person/46617/gallery-a4eb23f507f1.jpg) Neil Druckmann, co-director, at the 2025 South by Southwest festival. — Bea Phi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Neil_Druckmann%2C_co-director%2C_at_SXSW_2025_01.jpg/1280px-Neil_Druckmann%2C_co-director%2C_at_SXSW_2025_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/neil-druckmann