SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 460 – Working with Rian Johnson on ‘Knives Out’ with Noah Segan
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Actor/Writer/Director Noah Segan about how working with Rian Johnson as an actor in ‘Brick’ and ‘Knives Ou’t has helped him with his career as a filmmaker as well.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Actor/Writer/Director Noah Segan.
Our guest Noah Segan talks about how working with Rian Johnson as an actor in Brick and Knives Out has helped him with his career as a filmmaker as well.
They talk about the movie Blood Relatives (2022) which Noah Segan starred in and wrote and directed. Topics also include how this story was unique for the vampire Horror genre and what led him to write the script.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Noah Segan on IMDb
- Blood Relatives Trailer
- Blood Relatives on IMDb
- SYS's From Concept to Completion Screenwriting Course
- 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.