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A podcast about craft, career, and creativity from Proximity Media, the production company that helped bring you Sinners, Creed III, Judas and the Black Messiah, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever podcast and soundtrack, and more. New episodes every Monday.
Ryan Coogler’s Assistant on SINNERS, WAKANDA FOREVER, Set Life, and Learning from Mistakes
In Proximity
38 minutes 16 seconds
1 week ago
Ryan Coogler’s Assistant on SINNERS, WAKANDA FOREVER, Set Life, and Learning from Mistakes
What’s a crafty run? Why wear a chest vest? What would you do if you lost your boss’ ID? Ammar Mohamed – assistant to Ryan Coogler, SINNERS associate producer, and filmmaker – joins IN PROXIMITY host Paola Mardo to share what it’s really like supporting one of Hollywood’s busiest directors today. From locking in on set to hard lessons learned on the job, Ammar takes us behind the scenes of SINNERS and BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, while sharing his career journey and offering his perspective and thoughtful advice for other assistants still finding their way. Learn more and read the transcript of this conversation at ProximityMedia.com.
(00:00) One of the things about Ryan
(02:00) Voice Memo from Hannah Beachler
(09:30) Working on BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
(11:00) Becoming Ryan Coogler’s assistant
(12:27) Everyday was like climbing Mt. Everest
(15:12) Scary moment on the job... a.k.a. ID story part 1
(19:30) The bag… and ID story part 2
(21:25) Advice for assistants
(24:17) Learning from Ryan and Hannah
(25:56) Working on SINNERS
(30:40) Understanding the moment, locking in, and being in step or a step ahead
(32:46) Locked in SINNERS scenes
(34:25) Craziest thing he saw on set
(36:03) Prox Recs
In Proximity
A podcast about craft, career, and creativity from Proximity Media, the production company that helped bring you Sinners, Creed III, Judas and the Black Messiah, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever podcast and soundtrack, and more. New episodes every Monday.
