SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 497 – War Veteran Turned Faith Based Filmmaker with David Helling
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Faith Based Filmmaker David Helling about how his extraordinary journey took him from being a War Veteran in Iraq, to the Writer/Director of ‘His Only Son’ (2023).
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Faith Based Filmmaker David Helling.
Our guest, David Helling talks about how his extraordinary journey took him from being a War Veteran in Iraq, to the Writer/Director of His Only Son (2023). The movie tells the Biblical story of Abraham, who had to contemplate a tough choice.
Topics include why being a Faith based filmmaker was a calling for Helling and how he got his start with a DIY approach making short films.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- David Helling on IMDb
- David Helling on Instagram
- His Only Son Trailer
- His Only Son on IMDb
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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.
