The Staircase (American miniseries)

The Staircase
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Genre	Biographical drama Crime
Created by	Antonio Campos
Based on	The Staircase by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Written by	Antonio Campos Maggie Cohn Emily Kaczmarek Craig Shilowich
Directed by	Antonio Campos Leigh Janiak
Starring	Colin Firth Toni Collette Michael Stuhlbarg Dane DeHaan Olivia DeJonge Patrick Schwarzenegger Sophie Turner Odessa Young Rosemarie DeWitt Tim Guinee Parker Posey Juliette Binoche Vincent Vermignon
Composer	Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English French
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Megan Ellison Sue Naegle Ali Krug Carol Cuddy Maggie Cohn Antonio Campos
Producers	Emily Kaczmarek Craig Shilowich Randall Poster Christina M. Fitzgerald Marsha L. Swinton
Cinematography	Lyle Vincent Michael Svitak
Editors	Sofia Subercaseaux Shelby Siegel Eric Spang Christopher Rand
Running time	59–73 minutes
Production companies	Annapurna Television Emipop What's Up Films
Original release
Network	HBO Max
Release	May 5 (2022-05-05) – June 9, 2022 (2022-06-09)
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The Staircase is an American biographical crime drama television miniseries created by Antonio Campos, based on the 2004 true crime docuseries of the same name created by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. The series stars Colin Firth as Michael Peterson, a writer convicted of murdering his wife Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette), who was found dead at the bottom of the staircase in their home. The series premiered on HBO Max on May 5, 2022.^[1]