SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 492 – Climbing the Mountain on ‘Outpost’ with Joe Lo Truglio

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director/Producer Joe Lo Truglio about how he made the transition from actor to being a Writer/Director of the Horror movie ‘Outpost’ and the challenges of writing and producing an isolated movie set on a mountaintop.

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director/Producer Joe Lo Truglio.

They talk about how Joe Lo Truglio made the transition from actor to being a Writer/Director of the Horror movie Outpost. He is known for acting in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Reno 911!, and Bob's Burgers.

Topics also include the challenges of writing and producing an isolated movie set on a mountaintop. He talks about the logistics of transporting their film gear up to that high altitude.

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.