SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 475 – From Production Assistant to Filmmaker with Corey Deshon

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Corey Deshon about how Corey got his start making short films and working as a Production Assistant and then went on to Write/Direct the Drama feature ‘Daughter’ starring Casper Van Dien and Elyse Dinh.

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Corey Deshon.

They talk about how Corey got his start making short films and working as a Production Assistant and then went on to Write/Direct the Drama feature Daughter (2022) starring Casper Van Dien and Elyse Dinh.

Corey Deshon also talks about if writers should write for free when they are starting out.

You can also read a transcript of this episode.

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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.