• Home
  • FAQs
  • WNW News
  • Creative Work
  • Opinion
  • Back to WNW
Menu

Working Not Working Magazine

  • Home
  • FAQs
  • WNW News
  • Creative Work
  • Opinion
  • Back to WNW
×
00 OS-CoodieChike-WEBMagazine Viz-2_1.jpg

Overshare Podcast: Directors Coodie & Chike on Kanye West, Serendipity, and Being Too Nice

Working Not Working May 5, 2020

Overshare Podcast: Directors Coodie & Chike on Kanye West, Serendipity, and Being Too Nice

WORKING NOT WORKING

Directing Duo Clarence "Coodie" Simmons & Chike Ozah, better known as Coodie & Chike, have so much infectiously positive energy and perspective from all their years in the business. We're thrilled to have them on this week's episode of Overshare. 

Coodie & Chike started collaborating in the early 2000s and got their big break directing Kanye West’s music video “Through the Wire,” followed by music videos for “Two Words” and “Jesus Walks." They had less than two days to put "Jesus Walks" together from scratch, making it nothing short of a creative miracle, not to mention a classic. Their recounting of that experience with host Justin Gignac is a celebration in the art of scrappiness.

Coodie & Chike went on to work with big acts like Pitbull, Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco, and Mos Def. In 2007, they founded their own production company, Creative Control. They’ve since directed ESPN "30 for 30" documentary Benji, BET documentary Muhammed Ali: The People’s Champ, and just released A Kid from Coney Island about Stephon Marbury.

In this episode, you will learn that not having the time or money or resources to make great work are just excuses. You’ll also learn that wherever your happiness is coming from right now, that’s what really matters. This conversation is packed with insights and endless positivity.  

Follow Overshare (@oversharetalks) and Working Not Working (@wnotw) on Instagram.

 

SHOW NOTES:

Coodie & Chike ( @officialcoodieandchike / @coodierock / @cozah)
Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout
Chike's favorite craft cocktail bars - Dutch Kills, Dullboy, Pegu Club, Death & Co, 
Car Wash film
Ernie Barnes' painting "The Sugar Shack"
Bill Withers
Artist Nina Chanel ( website / Instagram )
Coodie's favorite album as a teenager, LL Cool J's BAD
Chike's favorite album as a teenager Big Daddy Kane's Taste of Chocolate
Coodie & Chike's videos for Kanye: Through the Wire, Two Words, Jesus Walks
Channel Zero TV
Pitbull "Culo" music video
Erykah Badu "Window Seat" music video
Matt & Kim "Lessons Learned" music video that inspired Erykah Badu
Lupe Fiasco feat. Ed Sheeran "Old School Love" music video
Benji  ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about Chicago hoop legend, Ben Wilson
A Kid from Coney Island documentary about Stephon Marbury

 
 
In INTERVIEWS Tags media-format, Coodie & Chike, Coodie, Chike, directing, directors, music videos, Kanye West, creativity, interview, conversation, Overshare, podcast, Justin Gignac
← VCU Brandcenter and Working Not Working Partner for Virtual Recruiter Session WeekHow to Gamify Survival as a Creative →

Search Posts

 

Featured Posts

Featured
Sep 16, 2024
How to Tackle Employee Turnover in 2024: Lessons from Working Not Working on HR Brew
Sep 16, 2024
Sep 16, 2024
Sep 12, 2024
Creatives Spill the Tea: A Pulse Check on Employee Happiness
Sep 12, 2024
Sep 12, 2024
Apr 27, 2022
Nicole Lelacheur, a Senior Copywriter at JOAN, Talks Empathy, Instincts, & Keeping a Foot Firmly Planted Outside Adland
Apr 27, 2022
Apr 27, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
4 Steps to Build as a Business & Show Your Value, Courtesy of Carolyn Bothwell, Brand Strategist & Founder of Freelance Founders
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
6 Steps to Build Your Best Photography Portfolio
Apr 8, 2022
Apr 8, 2022
Mar 8, 2022
5 Portfolio Takeaways from Apple, Netflix, & Vans Animator Keenon Ferrell
Mar 8, 2022
Mar 8, 2022
Mar 8, 2022
Mischief President & “Sassy Bossypants” Kerry McKibbin on Stirring the Industry, Ideas Over Agency Theater, & the Power of “No”
Mar 8, 2022
Mar 8, 2022
Jan 25, 2022
5 Tips to Find Work, Collaborators, and Community on Working Not Working
Jan 25, 2022
Jan 25, 2022
Dec 20, 2021
TOV Consultant Vikki Ross Helps Brands To Become Human & Humans To Become Copywriters. (Sorry Robots.)
Dec 20, 2021
Dec 20, 2021
Nov 15, 2021
13 Steps to Create a Stand-Out Profile on Working Not Working
Nov 15, 2021
Nov 15, 2021

Powered by Squarespace