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Interview with Mark S Johnson, his Grumpy Old Men Spec, and Steve McQueen

Episode 270 This week on the podcast, I talk with screenwriter and director Mark Steven Johnson. He just finished directing a crime feature, Finding Steve McQueen. We talk about that project as well as how he was able to break into the business with his spec for Grumpy Old Men.....

Interview with Melissa Miller Costanzo, From Art Department to Directing

Episode 267 This week on the SYS Podcast filmmaker Melissa Miller Costanzo comes on to talk about her career working on set in the art department and how that lead her to writing and directing her own scripts, including her latest indie feature drama, All These Small Moments, which stars Molly Ringwald.....

Interview with Meredith Danluck, From Documentaries to Narratives

Ep 259 Description: In this week's episode of the podcast I talk with writer (and director) Meredith Danluck about her early days working in the media arts, how that lead to documentary filmmaking, and how she transitioned that into a career writing and directing narrative features.....

Interview with Nathan Ives & His Documentary, Somewhere In The Middle

Episode 300 (a huge congrats to Ashley Scott Meyers for delivering his three-hundredth episode!) Writer/Director (and often writing partner) Nathan Ives comes on the SYS Podcast to talk about his new documentary, Somewhere In The Middle, which is about artists who are make a living doing their art but aren't super famous. It's an insightful film t....

Interview with Neasa Hardiman, Director of Netflix's Jessica Jones

SYS Episode 328 This week Ashley Scott Meyers interviews filmmaker Neasa Hardiman. Topics include how she started in other areas of the film industry, and Sea Fever (2019), a Sci-Fi Horror movie of which she is the Writer-Director. Neasa Hardiman's other credits include Directing the hit Netflix series Jessica Jones.....

Interview with Playwright & Hallmark Movie Veteran, Gary Goldstein

Gary Goldstein is an award winning writer for film, TV and the stage. He has written numerous films for Hallmark Channel and its sister network, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, including the comedies The Wish List, Hitched for the Holidays, This Magic Moment and My Boyfriends' Dogs, and the first two films in the Flower Shop Mystery series: &q....

Interview with Producer, Dallas Sonnier

SYS Episode 167Dallas discusses how he found the screenplays for some of the most recent films he's produced.....

Interview with Prolific Fiction Novelist, Justin Sloan

SYS Episode 341In this episode Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Fiction Novelist Justin Sloan.He gives details about how an indie author can take a book from idea to being sold on the marketplace.Justin Sloan is a prolific writer of many novels available for the Amazon Kindle and audiobook, some titles include Prime Evil and the Star Legacy book seri....

Interview with Returning Guest, Martin Gooch & His Latest Sci-Fi Feature

SYS Episode 316 Filmmaker Martin Gooch is back on Selling Your Screenplay Podcast for a third time! In this episode he talks about his latest Sci-Fi action movie Atomic Apocalypse. Other topics include, making movies in the United Kingdom and the struggles of getting financing for indie film. ....

Interview with Sam Macaroni, Writing and Directing For a Big Cast

Episode 349This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Sam Macaroni. They talk about his new Comedy Guest House (2020).This movie features Pauly Shore, Aimee Teegarden and Billy Zane. Sam Macaroni Directed Guest House and wrote it with Sean Bishop and Troy Duffy (The Boondock Saints - 1999).They also talk about how he worked with Robert De N....

Interview with Sci-Fi VFX Director and Filmmaker, Seth Larney

SYS Episode 353This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Seth Larney.He started with Visual Effects and as a Digital Assets Technician for The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).Topics include how Seth Larney transitioned into filmmaking. They talk about his new Sci-Fi movie 2067 (2020) which stars Kodi Smit-McPhee.....

Interview with Scoob! Scribe, Matt Lieberman

SYS Episode 336Screenwriter Matt Lieberman.Topics include writing for animation, Matt Lieberman's writing credits include the hit animated movies Scoob! (2020) and The Addams Family (2019). Scoob features the voice talent of a cast which includes, Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, Zac Efron and Amanda Seyfried.....

Interview with Screenwriter & Contest Winner, Jared Frieder

Episode #102 Interview With Screenwriter Jared Frieder Jared talks about his screenplay, Three Months, and the various contests that he won with it and how his Black List table read came about.....

Interview With Screenwriter & Former Development Exec, Dan Benamor

Episode #103   Dan talks about his days working as a development executive and how he transitioned over to being a screenwriter.....

Interview With Screenwriter Andrew Haigh

Episode #104   Andrew talks about his new indy art house drama, 45 Years.....

Interview With Screenwriter, Craig Zahler

Episode #106 Interview With Screenwriter, Craig Zahler  Craig talks about his new film, Bone Tomahawk, and how he broke into the business.....