SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep 514 – Writing for Al Pacino and Mickey Rourke with Mick Davis
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Mick Davis about his movie ‘Walden’ and how Mick Davis has been hired to write scripts for actors such as Al Pacino and Mickey Rourke.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with screenwriter Mick Davis.
Our guest Mick Davis is the Writer/Director of the Thriller Walden (2023), about a court stenographer who takes revenge against criminals who escape justice. Walden has an amazing cast including Emile Hirsch, Shane West and Tania Raymonde.
They talk about that movie and how Mick Davis has been hired to write scripts for actors such as Al Pacino and Mickey Rourke.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Mick Davis on IMDb
- Walden Trailer
- Walden on IMDb
- 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.