This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Jon Garcia. Our guest Jon Garcia is the Writer/Director of many features including Summoning The Spirit (2023), a Bigfoot themed Horror movie. He talks about that movie and his highly successful The Falls trilogy of movies that found niche appeal by having the Mormon Religion and LGBTQ […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Jim Towns. Jim Towns is the Writer/Director of End Times (2023), a post-apocalyptic Horror movie with a great cast including Jamie Bernadette, Craig Stark and Dominique Swain. They talk about how he was able to shoot at a perfect location to fit the End Times story and […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Julia Bergeron. Our guest, Julia Bergeron is the Writer/Director of the shorts That Last Girl (2023) and Porch Light (2019). She also is a Co-Writer of the Horror feature Murder Van (2023) along with Writer/Director Chad Widgely. Julia talks about those projects and gives tips on how […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmakers Charles Guard and Thomas Guard. These brothers talk about being the Writers/Directors of the Action/Thriller Dead Shot (2023). Topics also include how they adapted the script for Dead Shot from a book The Road To Balcombe Street by Steven P. Moysey. The podcast is available in iTunes, […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with German Filmmaker Maximilian Erlenwein. They talk about the Drama/Thriller The Dive (2023), a movie Maximilian Erlenwein is the Writer/Director of which was a remake of the Swedish film Breaking Surface (2020) from Joachim Heden. Other topics include how being a deep sea diver helped Maximilian write The Dive […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Brian McQuery. They talk about the Crime/Drama Plea (2023), a movie Brian McQuery is the Writer/Director of. Topics also include how Brian McQuery met filmmaker Kevin Smith and how he got his start by working in telemarketing. The podcast is available in iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher (for Android […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Anthony DiBlasi. Our guest Anthony DiBlasi talks about his new limited location Horror movie Malum (2023) which is a re-imagining of his prior movie Last Shift (2014). DiBlasi tells us about working with Co-Writer Scott Poiley. Topics also include how legendary Horror writer Clive Barker became a […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Producer and Filmmaker Jordan Gertner. Our guest, Jordan Gertner is a Producer of well known movies such as Buffalo ’66 (1998), Bully (2001) and Spring Breakers (2012). He talks about how he went from that to being the Writer/Director and Producer of the Action/Thriller Sheroes (2023). Among the […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Faith Based Filmmaker David Helling. Our guest, David Helling talks about how his extraordinary journey took him from being a War Veteran in Iraq, to the Writer/Director of His Only Son (2023). The movie tells the Biblical story of Abraham, who had to contemplate a tough choice. Topics […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Curt Wiser. Our returning guest, Curt Wiser talks about being the Writer/Director/Editor of the audio series A Voice In Violet. This Thriller audio Drama is from Producer Brooke Lewis Bellas and features an amazing cast including Brooke Lewis Bellas, Emmy Nominee Bronson Pinchot (Perfect Strangers, True Romance), […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Cal Barnes. They talk about how Cal Barnes shot his movie The Astrid Experience On An iPhone. He mentions the benefits of making a feature with an iPhone and how Sean Baker’s indie hit Tangerine (2015) was an influence. Cal Barnes is the Writer/Director/Actor of The Astrid […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Actress and Filmmaker Deborah Twiss. Our guest went from well known acting credits such as Kick-Ass (2010) to being the Actor/Writer/Director of the sexy Thriller Sapiosexual. Deborah Twiss talks about that movie and how her time working briefly as a stripper helped inform her career and other movies […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Director and Author Jon Fitzgerald. Our guest, Jon Fitzgerald talks about how he went from directing his first feature, to being the Co-Founder of the Slamdance Film Festival. Jon Fitzgerald is also the author of Filmmaking For Change, a guide book on making movies on socially significant subjects. […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director/Producer Joe Lo Truglio. They talk about how Joe Lo Truglio made the transition from actor to being a Writer/Director of the Horror Movie Outpost. He is known for acting in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Reno 911! and Bob’s Burgers. Topics also include the challenges of writing and producing an […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Andy Volk, a programmer for the Austin Film Festival. As the listeners know, the Austin Film Festival is also a great place for awarding screenplays. Andy Volk gives us a step by step account of how an entry in the festival makes its way to being selected. He […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Actor/Writer/Director Anabelle D. Munro. They talk about how Anabelle got her start making Theater productions that reflected her German background and that country’s style of storytelling. From there she transitioned into filmmaking. Anabelle D. Munro also talks about the Ethos Film Awards and how she is the Creator/Producer […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Creator Daniel B. Iske. They talk about The Dead Hour, a web series Daniel B. Iske and other filmmakers made together which was later picked up by a distributor and released on major streaming platforms like Amazon Video. Daniel B. Iske talks about how they built their audience […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Bomani J. Story. They talk about how working as an Assistant Editor led to his big break as a filmmaker. Bomani Story is the Writer/Director of The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023). He talks about that movie and how it was a modern twist inspired […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with British Writer/Director Elizabeth Blake Thomas. They talk about Hunt Club (2022), A Horror/Thriller Elizabeth Blake Thomas directed which has a stellar cast including Mena Suvari, Casper Van Dien, Mickey Rourke and Jessica Belkin. Other topics include how she works with other writers as a director and how Elizabeth […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmakers Jamison LoCasio and Adam Ambrosio. These returning guests talk about their new anthology feature, a Drama called 7 x 7 (seven by seven.) Jamison LoCasio is the Director of this movie and wrote it along with Adam Ambrosio. Topics also include how their career path is not […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Franklin Ritch. They talk about his new feature, The Artifice Girl (2022) which Franklin Ritch wrote, directed and acted in. Topics include looking to the future of AI (Artificial Intelligence) since that is the subject explored in the movie. Franklin also talks about how they shot part […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Brit McAdams. They talk about the new movie Paint (2023), which Brit McAdams wrote/directed and stars Owen Wilson. Other topics include how the Paint screenplay was honored by the annual Blacklist in 2010 and the long process after that to get this Comedy feature made. The main […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer and author John Gaspard. They talk about indie filmmaking on a budget and use examples such as Kevin Smith’s Clerks, Darren Aronofsky’s Pi and the work of Roger Corman. These examples are from John Gaspard’s book, Fast Cheap and Written That Way and Fast Cheap and Under […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with prior guest, Filmmaker John Swab. They talk about One Day As A Lion (2023), an Action/Thriller Directed by John Swab. That movie stars Frank Grillo, J.K. Simmons, Virginia Madsen. Topics also include tips on how to give or take notes as a Writer or Producer. John Swab’s prior […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with artists and Filmmaker Welby Ings. Our guest, Welby Ings is a Writer/Director who takes a very unique approach to develop and pitch his screenplays. He starts by making gallery worthy drawings to plan the visuals of the story before he writes it. Welby Ings talks about this process […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Michael Escalante. They talk about how to make his first feature, The Burial (2023), Michael Escalante decided to produce his own script. The Burial is a limited location Horror movie made on a budget. Other motivational topics include how he made the leap to Write and Direct […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmakers Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle. They are the Co-Directing team behind faith based movies such as Jesus Revolution (2023) which has a Kelsey Grammer among the cast. Jon Erwin was also one of the writers and producers of Jesus Revolution. Topics include tips on how to write […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Matthew Bauer. Australian Writer/Director Matthew Bauer talks about his new Documentary The Other Fellow (2022). This doc is about men in real life who are named James Bond and how that had lasting effects on their lives. It leads them to ask, what’s in a name? Our […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker James Cullen Bressack. Today’s guest is a career movie Director with credits such as Fortress, Hot Seat and his latest, Murder, Anyone? (2022). They talk about that crime/comedy movie Murder, Anyone?, which was adapted from a stage play written by his father, Gordon Bressack. Other topics include, […]
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Mark Burman. They talk about how Mark Burman got his start as a Production Assistant on the set of the TV show Cheers. From there he went on to be a movie producer and filmmaker. Mark Burman tells us about Ambush (2023), a War/Action movie he is […]
