SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: 416 – Making An Action Movie on a Budget
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Michael Matteo Rossi, Writer/Director of features such as ‘The Handler’ (2021), ‘Chase’ (2019) and ‘Misogynist’ (2013). Michael Matteo Rossi talks about how he made an Action movie with stunts and special effects in the middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and on a budget.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Michael Matteo Rossi.
Our guest is the Writer/Director of features such as The Handler (2021), Chase (2019) and Misogynist (2013). Michael Matteo Rossi talks about how he made an Action movie with stunts and special effects in the middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and on a budget.
Topics also include how filmmakers can use Twitter and Facebook to grow an audience for their work.
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:
- Michael Matteo Rossi on IMDb
- The Handler Trailer
- The Handler on IMDb
- Enter in The Six Figure Film and Screenplay Film Festival here.
- 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.
