SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Steve Longi Producer of Hacksaw Ridge Discusses Where He Finds Writers and Stories
Ashley Scott Meyers talks with producer Steve Longi about his process for finding, developing, and producing films. Specifically, they discuss Hacksaw Ridge (Mel Gibson) and how that project came together after many years.
This week on the podcast I talk with producer Steve Longi about his process for finding, developing, and producing films. Specifically we talk about Hacksaw Ridge (Mel Gibson) and how that project came together after many years.
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.
Also, read this interview of Hacksaw Ridge screenwriter, Robert Schenkkan.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Steve Longi on IMDb
- Steve Longi website
- Steve Longi's Consulting Service
- SYS Select - Includes the SYS Select Screenplay Database, our monthly newsletter to producers, and paid screenwriting leads.
- 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.