in proximity
March 26, 2023
31 min

Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian

Grab your Moleskine and spreadsheets! It's time for a screenwriting masterclass with writer, director, and producer Aneesh Chaganty and writer, producer, and Proximity founder Sev Ohanian. Aneesh and Sev first broke out with the independent thriller Searching which premiered in 2018 at Sundance where it won several awards and was acquired by Sony Pictures. The film grossed $75 million worldwide and Sev and Aneesh went on to collaborate on the screenplay for Run (2020), the story for the Searching sequel Missing (2023), and an upcoming movie they talk a little bit about on the show.

02:12  

Their writing partnership  

08:00  

The blue skies phase  

12:21  

Feedback  

18:45  

Research  

26:05  

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