SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 532 – Get To The Truth Of The Story With Jon Gunn
Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Jon Gunn about writing the ‘The Unbreakable Boy’ and how he gets to the truth of the story when he adapts books and true stories.
In this episode of the podcast Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Jon Gunn.
Our guest, Jon Gunn is the Writer/Director of The Unbreakable Boy (2025), a movie based on a true story. Jon Gunn talks about writing that project and how he gets to the truth of the story when he adapts books and true stories.
Topics also include how he changed gears when he had a development deal with Lionsgate and had to come up with a different project due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Other noteworthy credits for Jon Gunn include being a Writer/Director on some episodes of House Of David, a series on Amazon Video.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Jon Gunn on IMDb
- Jon Gunn on Instagram
- The Unbreakable Boy Trailer
- The Unbreakable Boy on IMDb
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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.
