The ISA Podcast

SYS Episode 372

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Hicham Hajji.

They talk about Redemption Day (2021), an Action Thriller Hicham Hajji is the Writer/Director/Producer of.  The movie stars Andy Garcia and Serinda Swan.

Other topics include the need to start with a great script and how they were able to cast Andy Garcia.

Curses & superstitions are as much a part of baseball as balls & strikes. Folklore & baseball are intertwined as is the human behavior of seeking reason in chaos. Now, baseball's a melting pot of cultures w/ new ghost stories & beliefs.

We have 90’s independent film icon, Scott Mosier. Scott is an indie film producer, editor, writer, director, actor, and podcaster of Smodcast, which he co-hosts with his long-term filmmaking partner, Kevin Smith.

SYS Episode 371

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker John Swab.

They talk about Body Brokers (2021), the Crime Drama which John Swab is the Writer/Director of and stars Frank Grillo.

Other topics include how they got the money to produce the movie and how writers should find their own opportunities to make things happen.

SYS Episode 370

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Canadian Filmmaker Steven Kostanski.

He is the Writer/Director of movies such as the Horror feature Psycho Goreman (2020) and The Void (2016).

They talk about Psycho Goreman and also how he got his start working in Special Effects makeup. His note worthy credits in practical effects include Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) and Suicide Squad (2016).

Paul Chitlik has worked on 80s show classics like the Twilight Zone, Small Wonder, Who’s the Boss, and Perfect Strangers, among others. He's a clinical asst prof teaching screenwriting.

Writer, producer, director Edward Zwick made his big shift from childhood passion of theater to filmmaking after working as a PA for Woody Allen in France.

Hawaiian storyteller Lopaka Kapanui served as cultural & paranormal consultant on the popular Netflix action/adventure film "Finding 'Ohana." Hear his story as a storyteller and a truly terrifying case.

John and I discuss the raw truth of the film business, what he is looking for in a client, how screenwriters should approach a manager and he does some Hollywood myth-busting as well.

Episode 369

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author and Screenwriter Susie Moloney.

She is the Author of many novels including The Thirteen and A Dry Spell.  They talk about Bright Hill Road (2020), a Horror movie she is the screenwriter of which stars Siobhan Williams.

Another topic includes how she went from a Novelist to Screenwriter.