The ISA Podcast

SYS Episode 353

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Seth Larney.

He started with Visual Effects and as a Digital Assets Technician for The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (2003).

Topics include how Seth Larney transitioned into filmmaking. They talk about his new Sci-Fi movie 2067 (2020) which stars Kodi Smit-McPhee.

SYS Episode 352

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Will Wernick.  Will Wernick is the Writer/Director of the Horror movie No Escape (2020) which stars Holland Roden.  He also Directed Escape Room (2017).

They talk about No Escape and his DIY approach to filmmaking which has served him well.

Episode 351

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director/Actor Jessie McCormack.

They talk about her new TV/Web Series Piss Off, I Love You.  Jessie McCormack is the Writer/Director/Actor of that Comedy series and is the Writer/Director of the feature Expecting (2013).

Other topics discussed includes making movies or shorts with an I-Phone and how networking at film festivals helped launch her career.

I wanted to bring Peter on the show to discuss what it was like to be a part of one of the biggest budget films in Hollywood history at the time.

Episode 350

For the big Episode 350 we have a big guest! This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Horror Filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman.

They talk about his new feature Death Of Me (2020) starring Maggie Q and Luke Hemsworth. Darren Lynn Bousman has a long career as a Writer/Director, his credits include Saw II, Saw III and the upcoming Spiral (2021).

Other topics they discuss includes the differences of producing a movie in Japan instead of the United States.

This is a returning guest, you can hear the prior ep of the podcast with Darren Lynn Bousman SYS 154

Episode 349

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Sam Macaroni. They talk about his new Comedy Guest House (2020).

This movie features Pauly Shore, Aimee Teegarden and Billy Zane. Sam Macaroni Directed Guest House and wrote it with Sean Bishop and Troy Duffy (The Boondock Saints - 1999).

They also talk about how he worked with Robert De Niro on the movie Heat (1995) and pitching the script for Guest House and where this idea came from.

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Australian filmmaker James Di Martino.

They talk about how he went from a marketing background into making shorts and now a feature film. James Di Martino is the writer/director of the Horror movie The Faceless Man (2019).

They talk about that movie, running a Kickstarter campaign and how he started his own production company.

We are proud to present The Table Read My Screenplay 2020 Genre Grand Prize winning short script, The Ride by Kimberly Truong.
The role of Catherine will be played by Amy Sullivan
Jess is read by Karisa Tate
With narration by Felicity Wren