John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and Us | Directors & Producers

That Was Us

Film Interviews, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This week, dynamic directing duo and Executive Producers on This Is Us, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, join the podcast! It feels like a family reunion with Mandy, Chris, Sterling, John, and Glenn as they reminisce about memories on set and what it was like working together. John and Glenn talk about what life was like before This Is Us and how they got started in their careers, world building on the show and how their directing style informed the show’s “peak behind the curtain” feel viewers came to love, and they spilled behind the scenes secrets about iconic episodes, like when Jack went back into the burning house, plus so much more! Support our sponsors: - Your home might be worth more than you think. Find out how much at airbnb.com/host - Go to dabbleanddollop.com and use the code THATWASUS20 for 20% off your first purchase. - Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan by texting TWU to 64000. Message and data rates may apply. - For a limited time, go to SpotandTango.com/twu and use code twu to get 50% off your first order. That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. Follow That Was Us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, and X! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You go for it.
0:03.0	Oh my God, welcome back to the podcast on this, a very special day.
0:19.0	The two gentlemen who we are welcoming into the studio today
0:23.1	are two of my favorite members of the This Is Us family.
0:26.9	We have Glenn Ficarra and John Ricua.
0:29.6	Hello, welcome, gentlemen.
0:31.6	Thank you so much for joining us.
0:33.6	These two gentlemen are a creative duo,
0:36.6	directing, writing, producing team who I think, I love you, Philip Morris was probably the first like...
0:46.0	First film?
0:46.7	Your coming out party, as it were.
0:48.1	Our first official directing.
0:49.3	Directing more ways than one.
0:50.3	No, it's...
0:51.3	Yeah, it was our first directing thing.
0:53.3	But we've been working together as writers and making short films since college.
0:58.6	Wow.
0:58.9	Yeah.
0:59.2	That's where they met.
1:00.3	Pratt, yeah.
1:00.8	And the 80s.
1:02.2	And if, for those listening, the 1900s were a complicated time.
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