{"podcast":{"title":"In Proximity","slug":"in-proximity-6039880","podcast_index_feed_id":6039880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/8dkGpNgN","website_url":"https://www.proximitymedia.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/311f7223-ac8e-4289-9c34-cc7d1c663210/9200dad0-174d-4f74-8b09-4a1c3202a7f1/3000x3000/in-proximity-logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Proximity Media","episode_count":66,"summary":"IN PROXIMITY is 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 & SOUNDTRACK, and more. Hosted by Paola Mardo. New episodes every Monday.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-proximity-6039880"},"episode":{"title":"How to Make an Oscar-Winning Short Film with Luke Matheny","slug":"how-to-make-an-oscar-winning-short-film-with-luke-matheny","published_at":"2026-03-09T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-proximity-6039880/how-to-make-an-oscar-winning-short-film-with-luke-matheny","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-proximity-6039880","url":"https://www.proximitymedia.com/","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/f98709d4-4a08-4d82-832e-39ce953bbbab/f37ad9c4-baf7-48f3-90cd-2705d43b8e05/episodes/audio/group/96422df1-9244-4cd0-8850-22e5e7b15781/group-item/187fb5e6-a321-400f-8563-5134b6ec8f72/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=8dkGpNgN","summary":"Luke Matheny is a writer, director, and showrunner who won the Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film in 2010 for GOD OF LOVE. Luke sat down with IN PROXIMITY host Paola Mardo to talk about what makes an Oscar-winning short film, how he prepared for his speech, and how he built a career in comedy and children’s programming writing, directing, and running shows like MARON, GORTIMER GIBBON’S LIFE ON NORMAL STREET, and, most recently, the animated series CHARLOTTE’S WEB on HBO Max starring Amy Adams, Elijah Wood, Jean Smart, and Randall Park.","meta_description":"Luke Matheny is a writer, director, and showrunner who won the Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film in 2010 for GOD OF LOVE. Luke sat down with I…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2663,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-proximity-6039880/episodes/how-to-make-an-oscar-winning-short-film-with-luke-matheny/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-proximity-6039880/how-to-make-an-oscar-winning-short-film-with-luke-matheny.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}