SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: 435 – How Pagan Lore Inspired the Movie ‘Shepherd’ (2021)
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with UK Filmmaker Russell Owen about how Pagan lore, the setting in Scotland, and other rituals inspired ‘Shepherd’ (2021), a Mystery/Horror movie written and directed by Russell Owen.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with UK Filmmaker Russell Owen.
They talk about how Pagan lore, the setting in Scotland and other rituals inspired Shepherd (2021), a Mystery/Horror movie written and directed by Russell Owen.
Other credits Owen has as Writer/Director include Inmate Zero (2020).
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Russell Owen on IMDb
- Russell Owen on Twitter
- Russell Owen on Instagram
- Shepherd Trailer
- Shepherd on IMDb
- Enter in The Six Figure Film and Screenplay Film Festival here.
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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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.