Who directed 6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park?

Arthur Bradford directed 6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park. The 2011 documentary television film follows the South Park team as it creates the episode “HumancentiPad” under the show’s famously compressed production schedule.

Bradford had a longstanding relationship with Trey Parker and Matt Stone before making the documentary. He had worked with them on How’s Your News?, and that familiarity helped him gain access to the writers, producers, storyboard artists, voice performers, and editors at work.

The title refers to South Park’s unusually rapid workflow: a roughly 22-minute episode is developed, animated, recorded, edited, and delivered in about six days. The documentary shows Parker and Stone refining the story close to deadline, while the production crew handles animation, lip-sync, standards review, and final delivery.

6 Days to Air premiered on Comedy Central on October 9, 2011. It received positive critical attention and was nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Nonfiction Special category. Bill Hader appears among the production staff and performers, but he did not direct the film; Matt Stone and Trey Parker are its subjects and creators of the series.