Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Content:  The series has been hosted by Variety Deputy Awards and Features editor Jenelle Riley, Variety co-editor-in-chief Andrew Wallenstein, and Variety New York bureau chief Ramin Setoodeh.
Title: Variety (magazine)
Content:  In November 2014 Variety premiered Variety Studio: Actors on Actors, a co-production with PBS SoCal that featured two actors discussing their craft and thoughts on Hollywood, which subsequently went on to win three Emmy awards, including a Daytime Creative Arts Award in May 2019. In January 2017 they launched the Variety Content Studio, creating custom content for brands.
Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Content:  Variety Studio: Actors on Actors is an American entertainment talk show television series co-produced by PBS SoCal and Variety Media. It premiered December 21, 2014 on PBS SoCal.
Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Content: Cate Blanchett (Carol and Truth) with Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes) ; Benicio Del Toro (Sicario) with Will Smith (Concussion) ; Joel Edgerton (Black Mass) with Brie Larson (Room) ; Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) with Lily Tomlin (Grandma) Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) with Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs) ; Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy) with Carey Mulligan (Suffragette) ; Steve Carell (The Big Short) with Rooney Mara (Carol) ; Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) with Jason Segel (The End of the Tour) Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) with Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs) ; Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) with Michael Keaton (Spotlight) ; Paul Dano (Love & Mercy) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Walk) ; Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) with Isabella Rossellini (Joy) Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3: 
Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Content: Viola Davis (Fences) with Tom Hanks (Sully) ; Molly Shannon (Other People) with Emma Stone (La La Land) ; Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) with Nicole Kidman (Lion) ; Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) with Matthew McConaughey (Gold) Natalie Portman (Jackie) with Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea) ; Amy Adams (Arrival and Nocturnal Animals) with Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) ; Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) with Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) ; Annette Bening (20th Century Women) with Naomie Harris (Moonlight) Colin Farrell (The Lobster) with Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins) ; Adam Driver (Paterson) with Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals) ; Dev Patel (Lion) with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures) ; Sally Field (Hello, My Name Is Doris) with Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen) ; Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) with Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women) Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3:
Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Content:  New episodes are produced twice yearly, once to align with the Academy Awards and once to align with the Emmy Awards.
Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Content: Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) with Renée Zellweger (Judy) ; Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) with Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems) ; Awkwafina (The Farewell) with Taron Egerton (Rocketman) Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) with Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name) ; Chris Evans (Knives Out) with Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story) ; Mindy Kaling (Late Night) with Constance Wu (Hustlers) Adam Driver (Marriage Story) with Charlize Theron (Bombshell) ; Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) with Alfre Woodard (Clemency) ; Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy) with Kristen Stewart (Seberg) Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) with Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse) ; Sterling K. Brown (Waves) with Laura Dern (Marriage Story) ; Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) with Florence Pugh (Little Women) Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3: Episode 4:
Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Content: Jennifer Lawrence (Mother!) with Adam Sandler (The Meyerowitz Stories) ; Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) with Kate Winslet (Wonder Wheel) ; Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger) with Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) ; Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) with Kristen Wiig (Downsizing) ; Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) with Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) with Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) ; Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) with Hugh Jackman (Logan) ; Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) with Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner) ; Allison Janney (I, Tonya) with Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game) with Holly Hunter (The Big Sick) ; Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) with Kate Winslet (Wonder Wheel) ; Hong Chau (Downsizing) with Diane Kruger (In the Fade) ; Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) with Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird) ; Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool) with Robert Pattinson (Good Time) Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3:
Title: Press Gang
Content:  of the directors were encouraged to attend the others' shoots so that the visual style would be consistent. The first two episodes were directed by Colin Nutley. However, he was unhappy with the final edit and requested that his name be removed from the credits. Lorne Magory directed many episodes, notably the two-part stories "How To Make A Killing" and "The Last Word." One of the founders of Richmond Films and Television, Bill Ward, directed three episodes, and Bren Simson directed some of series two. The show's cinematographer James Devis took the directorial reins for "Windfall", the penultimate episode.
Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Content: Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian) with Anthony Hopkins (The Father) ; Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) with Steven Yeun (Minari) George Clooney (The Midnight Sky) with Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit) ; Zendaya (Malcolm & Marie) with Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) ; Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) with Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island) Ben Affleck (The Way Back) with Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7) ; Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) with Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami) ; Jared Leto (The Little Things) with John David Washington (Malcolm & Marie) Jamie Dornan (Wild Mountain Thyme) with Eddie Redmayne (The Trial of the Chicago 7) ; Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman) with Amanda Seyfried (Mank) ; Tom Holland (Cherry) with Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) Episode 1:  Episode 2: Episode 3: Episode 4:

Question: Who was the director of Variety?
Answer: Adrian Brunel.
Adrian Hope Brunel.