SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Screenwriter David Bruckner Talks About Launching His Career with Short Films and His Latest Film SiREN
Screenwriter and director David Bruckner talks about his early days as a filmmaker in Atlanta and how that lead him into a career as a feature film writer / director.
Screenwriter and director David Bruckner talks about his early days as a filmmaker in Atlanta and how that lead him into a career as a feature film writer / director. We also talk about SiREN, which was originally a short segment in the feature film V/H/S, and has now been expanded into a full feature film.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- David Bruckner on IMDb
- David Bruckner on Twitter
- SiREN Trailer
- SiREN on IMDb
- SiREN on Twitter
- SiREN on Facebook
- One Star Cinema - Episode 59 - Plague (I was a guest on this episode)
- One Star Cinema - Episode 49 - Ninja Apocalypse (a film I wrote)
- SYS Select Newsletter to producers
- SYS Select Screenwriting Leads
- 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.