in proximity
October 6, 2024
48 min

Jordan
Peele
and
Ryan
Coogler
on
Genre,
Fear,
and
Filmmaking

GET OUT. US. NOPE. Jordan Peele is the 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.

01:45

Get reel

13:36

Puppetry & creature effects

21:42

Writing GET OUT

34:18

Use your fear

42:36

Prox recs