SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 532 - Get To The Truth Of The Story With Jon Gunn

  • Ashley Scott Meyers
  • .March 10, 2025

In this episode of the podcast Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Jon Gunn.

Our guest, Jon Gunn is the Writer/Director of The Unbreakable Boy (2025), a movie based on a true story. Jon Gunn talks about writing that project and how he gets to the truth of the story when he adapts books and true stories.

Topics also include how he changed gears when he had a development deal with Lionsgate and had to come up with a different project due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Other noteworthy credits for Jon Gunn include being a Writer/Director on some episodes of House Of David, a series on Amazon Video.

You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.

You can also read a transcript of this episode.

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