SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 500 – Making the Movie ‘Plea’ with Brian McQuery
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Brian McQuery about the Crime/Drama ‘Plea’ (2023) that he wrote and directed, how met filmmaker Kevin Smith, and how he got his start by working in telemarketing.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Brian McQuery.
They talk about the Crime/Drama Plea (2023), a movie Brian McQuery is the Writer/Director of.
Topics also include how Brian McQuery met filmmaker Kevin Smith and how he got his start by working in telemarketing.
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:
- Brian McQuery on IMDb
- Brian McQuery website
- Plea Trailer
- Plea on IMDb
- Plea on Facebook
- Info about The Six Figure Film Festival
- Brian McQuery's Official Website
- SYS Select - Includes the SYS Select Screenplay Database, our monthly newsletter to producers, and paid screenwriting leads.
- 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.