IFH 170: How a Screenwriter Becomes a First Time Director with Kelly Fremon Craig

Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast · Jul 25, 2017 · 47m

How a Screenwriter Becomes a First Time Director with Kelly Fremon Craig

I'm asked all the time

"How does a screenwriter get the opportunity to direct one of their screenplays?"

That is the question. In Hollywood, more times than not, writers don't have the power or ability to direct their own material. It took a few screenplays before Quentin Tarantino got the shot with Reservoir Dogs. Today's guest is writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig. She got her shot to director her own screenplay on the 2016 critical darling Edge of Seventeen.

Kelly's adventures through Hollyweird is inspiring to say…