GMORNING, GNITE! everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too. BOJACK HORSEMAN. GOODBYE, AGAIN. Jonny Sun is a film and TV writer, producer, author, and illustrator who has worked with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Damon Lindelof. His background is in architecture and engineering as a doctoral candidate at MIT and a creative researcher at the Harvard metaLAB. His writing career took off after he created the beloved alien Twitter persona Jomny Sun which earned him over half a million followers and a place on TIME Magazine’s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet in 2017. On this episode, Jonny sits with Proximity’s head of film Rebecca Cho to share what they’ve learned about collaborating as writer and producer while developing a feature screenplay together. Learn more and read the transcript of this conversation at ProximityMedia.com.
(02:21) Get Reel
(10:24) Jomny Sun the Twitter alien
(14:31) The “Asian six-pack” and finding creativity in math and science
(21:20) What makes a great collaborator
(30:16) Developing their project from idea to screenplay
(34:23) Prox Recs
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CREDITS:
In Proximity is a production of Proximity Media
Executive Producers: Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Paola Mardo
Theme Song and Additional Music: Ludwig Göransson
Producer: Caitlin Plummer
Associate Producer: Celine Mendiola
Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Ken Nana
Editors: Cedric Wilson, Judybelle Camangyan
Production Assistant: Isabella Miller
Design and Social Media: Alexandria Santana
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