SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Actor/Filmmaker Oliver Robins
Actor/Filmmaker Oliver Robins discusses his latest movie, a Thriller called “Celebrity Crush” (2019) which he wrote and directed. Robins got his start as a child actor in the hit movie “Poltergeist” (1982) and later directed movies such as “Man Overboard” (2008).
This week, Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Actor/Filmmaker Oliver Robins. They talk about his latest movie, a Thriller called Celebrity Crush (2019) which he wrote and directed.
Oliver Robins got his start as a child actor in the hit movie Poltergeist (1982). He later directed movies such as Man Overboard (2008), which our host Ashley Scott Meyers was a writer on.
Topics include how it never is easy to make it in the entertainment industry and how he sold a script to the Hallmark Channel.
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Links mentioned in the show:
- Oliver Robins on IMDb
- Oliver Robins on Twitter
- Oliver Robins on Facebook
- Celebrity Crush Trailer
- Celebrity Crush on IMDb
- 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.