SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: 428 – From Doc to Narrative Filmmaker of Movie Starring Chris Pine
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with film Director Tarik Saleh. He went from directing documentaries and the Lykke Li “I Follow Rivers” music video, to ‘The Contractor’ (2022), an Action/Thriller starring Chris Pine and Gillian Jacobs.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with film Director Tarik Saleh.
He went from directing documentaries and the Lykke Li "I Follow Rivers" music video, to The Contractor (2022), an Action/Thriller starring Chris Pine and Gillian Jacobs.
Tarik talks about that transition from Doc to narrative features and how he's created opportunities in his career.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Tarik Saleh on IMDb
- Tarik Saleh on Instagram
- The Contractor Trailer
- The Contractor on IMDb
- The Contractor on Instagram
- Info on The Selling Your Screenplay Film Festival
- I Follow Rivers - Music Video (Dir: Tarik Saleh
- 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.