Director Matt Wolf on how he completed documentary Pee-wee as Himself after Paul Reubens’ death, and why he didn’t want a celebrity biopic.

The new two-part documentary “Pee-wee as Himself” premiered on HBO and Max on May 23, a complex portrait of a complicated man, Paul Reubens, who found fame as his alter ego, Pee-wee Herman, and notoriety as himself.

Paul Reubens spent more than 40 hours discussing his life and career in the months before his 2023 death for the new two-part HBO documentary 'Pee-wee as Himself'.