SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 498 – Make the Stories You Want to Tell with Jordan Gertner
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Producer and Filmmaker Jordan Gertner about how he went from producing ‘Buffalo ’66’ (1998), ‘Bully’ (2001), and ‘Spring Breakers’ (2012) to being the Writer/Director and Producer of the Action/Thriller ‘Sheroes’ (2023), and why he seeks out the stories he wants to tell.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Producer and Filmmaker Jordan Gertner,
Jordan Gertner is a Producer of well-known movies such as Buffalo '66 (1998), Bully (2001) and Spring Breakers (2012). He talks about how he went from that to being the Writer/Director and Producer of the Action/Thriller Sheroes (2023).
Among the great cast of Sheroes includes, Isabelle Fuhrman, Sasha Luss and Wallis Day. Topics also covered are why Jordan Gertner seeks out the stories he wants to tell.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Jordan Gertner on IMDb
- Sheroes Trailer
- Sheroes on IMDb
- SYS's From Concept to Completion Screenwriting Course
- 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.
