Jordan Peele and Ryan Coogler on Genre, Fear, and Filmmaking
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GET OUT. US. NOPE. Jordan Peele is an award-winning writer, director, and producer of these groundbreaking films, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions. On this episode, Jordan walks Ryan Coogler through his early career, trading filmmaker dreams for comedy then finding his way to directing, genre filmmaking, how he wrote GET OUT but almost didn’t direct it, and the Batman actor who told him to use his fear. Learn more and read the transcript of this conversation at ProximityMedia.com. Watch the trailer for SINNERS directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan on our Instagram @ProximityMedia or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGxHflevuk (1:45) Get Reel (13:36) Puppetry and creature effects (21:53) Writing GET OUT (34:18) Genre filmmaking (41:43) Use your fear (42:36) Prox Recs
