SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep 401 – Filmmaking, Money, Fascism and Some Sort of Acid
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Janek Ambros. They talk about the long journey it took for him to write and direct ‘Mondo Hollywoodland’ (2019). Janek is also the Writer/Director/Producer of ‘Money, Fascism and Some Sort of Acid’. He talks about how he used stock footage from famous historical figures such as Edward R. Murrow and Joseph Stalin for that project.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Janek Ambros. They talk about the long journey it took for him to write and direct Mondo Hollywoodland (2019).
Janek is also the Writer/Director/Producer of Money, Fascism and Some Sort of Acid. He talks about how he used stock footage from famous historical figures such as Edward R. Murrow and Joseph Stalin for that project.
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Links mentioned in the show:
- Janek Ambros on IMDb
- Janek Ambros on Twitter
- Janek Ambros website
- Mondo Hollywoodland Trailer
- Mondo Hollywoodland on IMDb
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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.