SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Christmas Crime Story Director Richard Friedman on His Early Career and Discovering Scripts to Direct
Ashley Scott Meyers talks with director Richard Friedman about the early days of his career and how he was able to raise money for his first feature film, all while still a film student. We also discussed his latest film, Christmas Crime Story, and how that project came together.
In this episode of the podcast I talk with director Richard Friedman about the early days of his career and how he was able to raise money for his first feature film, all while still a film student. We also discussed his latest film, Christmas Crime Story, and how that project came together.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Richard Friedman on IMDb
- Christmas Crime Story Trailer
- Christmas Crime Story on IMDb
- Christmas Crime Story on Twitter
- Christmas Crime Story on Facebook
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.