Louisa LIVE Episode 12: Sev Ohanian

In this episode of Louisa Live, Louisa sits down with Sev Ohanian — Academy Award–nominated and Golden Globe–winning producer, screenwriter, and Founder of Proximity Media alongside Ryan and Zinzi Coogler. Since launching Proximity Media in 2018, Sev has helped produce some of the most impactful and culture-shifting projects across film, television, documentaries, and podcasts. Their latest film, Sinners, grossed over $369 million worldwide and received a record sixteen Academy Award nominations, winning four. Proximity’s debut feature, Judas and the Black Messiah, earned six Academy Award nominations and took home two Oscars. Sev’s producing credits also include Creed III, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Marvel’s Ironheart, Eyes of Wakanda, and the National Geographic docuseries Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time. In addition to producing, Sev is widely recognized for co-writing the hit thriller films Searching, Run, and Missing, alongside producing them with his wife, Natalie Qasabian. Searching was famously made on a budget of just $880K and went on to gross over $75 million worldwide. Throughout his career, Sev has received numerous honors including the Sundance Institute Amazon Studios Narrative Producer Award, The Hollywood Reporter’s 35 Under 35, Variety’s 40 Under 40, and becoming the first inductee into the Armenian Film Hall of Fame