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Masters of the Air: A Conversation with John Orloff
“2024 saw the release of the acclaimed series Masters of the Air on Apple TV+. Years in the making, this series takes viewers to the highs and lows of the air war in Europe 80 years ago, seen through the eyes of the 100th Bomb Group. Join us for a conversation with John Orloff, writer and co-executive producer of the series. Our conversation will cover the monumental task of translating World War II to the silver screen, as well as the real-life stories of the men and women of Masters of the Air.
John Orloff is an acclaimed American screenwriter known for creating and adapting complex stories in widely disparate genres. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his writing on HBO’s “Band of Brothers”, as well as an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his screenplay for “A Mighty Heart”, the Michael Winterbottom film based on the kidnapping and death of reporter Daniel Pearl produced by Brand Pitt and Dede Gardner.
He’s spent much of the last decade researching, creating, writing, and producing MASTERS OF THE AIR, an epic nine-part miniseries Executive Produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, chronicling the 100th Bomber Group’s odyssey in the European Theater of World War Two. The show stars Oscar nominees Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan, as well as Callum Turner.
Orloff is fourth generation Hollywood (his great-grandparents on one side were radio comedy team Fibber McGee and Molly) and grew up in LA, but he now lives by a river in the Berkshire mountains in Western Massachusetts.”
