Jeremiah Zagar grew up in Philadelphia, amid the mosaics his father Isaiah plastered on the sides of so many rowhomes and the artistic community that his parents fostered along South Street. The city is also where he directed "Hustle," the Adam Sandler basketball drama, and "In a Dream," the unflinching documentary on his famous family. But for "Task," the crime series now airing on HBO, the filmmaker had to go to the suburbs.

Zagar directs four of the show's seven episodes, including its premiere last Sunday and the finale airing Oct. 19. To accurately capture the wild beauty and unassuming haunts of the city's surrounding counties, he leaned on Berwyn native Brad Ingelsby , the show's creator who arguably kicked off the recent wave of Philly-area crime shows with "Mare of Eastt

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