SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 472 – From Physical Trainer to Filmmaker with Barry Jay

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Barry Jay about his transition from being a successful Physical Trainer with Barry’s Bootcamp, to being the Writer/Director of movies such as ‘The Way Out’ (2022).

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Barry Jay.

Our guest tells us about his transition from being a successful Physical Trainer with Barry's Bootcamp, to being the Writer/Director of movies such as The Way Out (2022).

They talk about making Horror movies and the major differences between the indie world and the Hollywood studio system.

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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.