SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 470 – Writing A Horror Movie Based On A True Story with Anubys Lopez
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Anubys Lopez, the Writer/Director of the survival Horror movie ‘Those Who Call’ (2023). He talks about how that feature was inspired by real events that happened to him.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Anubys Lopez.
Our guest, Anubys Lopez is the Writer/Director of the survival Horror movie Those Who Call (2023). He talks about how that feature was inspired by real events that happened to him.
Besides writing a script based on a true story, they also talk about working with movie distributors and how he got distribution for Those Who Call.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Anubys Lopez on IMDb
- Anubys Lopez on Twitter
- Anubys Lopez on Instagram
- Those Who Call Trailer
- Those Who Call on IMDb
- Those Who Call on Instagram
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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.