In a conversation moderated by Emmy-nominated editor Michael Ruscio, ACE, three of the pros behind FX’s Say Nothing — creator and writer Joshua Zetumer, director Michael Lennox and cinematographer Stephen Murphy — delve into the process of crafting the haunting historical drama. Adapted from the nonfiction book of the same name by Patrick Radden Keefe, the scripted series conveys the complexity of the Troubles in Northern Ireland during the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. Lennox, a Northern Ireland native, originally thought the Troubles were a story that he — like anyone from the area — knew in full. But his experience on the series opened his eyes to many of the details and horrors from the traumatic period. “We know what happened in the late ’60s to the present day, but I didn’t quite know it to this depth,” he says. “I felt that this could be an important piece of television which asked some really profound and tough and interesting questions, and I wanted to be part of that.”
