The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Hamza Zaman. He is the Writer/Director/Actor of The Institute (2022). Hamza Zaman talks about how they produced that Thriller during Covid-19. Other topics are how he pitches movie ideas to investors and writes scripts toward a certain budget range. Stick around at the end of the episode […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Ivan Sen. They talk about Expired (2022), a Sci-Fi Romance movie Ivan Sen wrote and directed. Expired stars Hugo Weaving (The Matrix) and Ryan Kwanten (True Blood). Sen’s Writer/Director credits also includes the Mystery Road (TV Series). Topics also include how Ivan Sen approaches writing by building […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Tarik Saleh. He went from Directing documentaries and the Lykke Li “I Follow Rivers” music video, to The Contractor (2022), an Action/Thriller starring Chris Pine and Gillian Jacobs. Tarik talks about that transition from Doc to narrative features and how he’s created opportunities in his career. The […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Wes Miller. He is the Director/Producer of A Day To Die (2022), likely one of the last movies featuring Bruce Willis since his retirement was announced on 3/30/2022. The cast also includes Frank Grillo, Kevin Dillon and Brooke Butler. Wes Miller’s credits also include the Action/Thriller Atone […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Guy Goldstein, who is the founder of the WriterDuet software. They talk about the origin and development of that software, about screenplay formatting and their other software WriterSolo and ReadThrough. Our host, Ashley Scott Meyers also announces that his movie The Rideshare Killer is available for free on […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker and actor Dan Coplan. Topics include how he went from NYU film School to working on Taxi Driver (1976) and King Kong (1976) and how getting hit by a mail truck went towards financing a movie. Dan Coplan is the actor/writer/director of the crime thriller 8 Winds […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Author Christopher Vogler. His writing credits include Disney’s The Lion King and Christopher Vogler is the author of one of the most acclaimed guide books on writing. The Writer’s Journey which is now in its fourth edition. They talk about what inspired him to write the book, one […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Le-Van Kiet. They talk about his new Thriller, The Requin (2022) starring Alicia Silverstone. The movie is about a couple on vacation who get stranded out in an ocean of shark infested waters. Le-Van Kiet talks about the challenges and expectations of writing and directing a shark […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Paul Solet. He talks about how his short film Grace, got the attention of filmmaker Adam Green who then produced the feature Grace (2009). That debut feature premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and kicked off Solet’s career. Other topics include how he worked with actor Adrien […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Nick Gregorio. Topics include how Nick Gregorio was able to get one of the first movies released on Netflix streaming and his writing process. They also talk about his latest feature, Nick Gregorio is the Writer/Director of the Horror/Sci-Fi movie Old Strangers (2022). The podcast is available […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author Steve Kaplan. As an expert in Comedy, Steve Kaplan is the Author of The Hidden Tools of Comedy, a guide book on Comedy writing. They talk about why we laugh at things and what approach to Comedy Kaplan says is most effective. During this study of Comedy, […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmakers MJ Palo and Andrew Arguello. Their movie credits include Directing the Crime Comedy Carp-e Diem and the heist Thriller Baby Money (2021) which MJ Palo is one of the writers of. Topics also include how they are judges for the Reno Tahoe Screenplay Contest and how writers […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Actor/Writer/Director Kent Moran. Topics include how he cast Actress Cybill Shepherd in the Romance Drama Listen To Your Heart (2010) and about The Actors Summit, a networking event Kent Moran is part of. Kent Moran is the Writer/Director and star of of The Challenger (2015), a Drama about […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author and fellow Podcaster Pilar Alessandra. Besides being the host of the On The Page Podcast, Pilar Alessandra served as a Script Reader for Amblin Entertainment, which is Steven Spielberg’s company and she was a Senior Story Analyst for Dreamworks. She has some tips for any writer looking […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Michael Matteo Rossi. Our guest is the Writer/Director of features such as The Handler (2021), Chase (2019) and Misogynist (2013). Michael Matteo Rossi talks about how he made an Action movie in the middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and on a budget. Topics also include how filmmakers can […]