Ep694 - Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, Directors ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’

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Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett discuss their filmmaking journey and the challenges of co-directing.

Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have cemented themselves as subversive filmmakers with broad audience appeal. The duo garnered positive attention after directing segments of 2012’s V/H/S, but it was the Searchlight horror film READY OR NOT that took them to the next level. The film became a cult classic and earned nearly $58 million at the global box office. In this interview, we talk about the organizational challenges of a co-directing partnership, the benefits of budget limitations, their new film, and much more. Want more? Steal my first book, INK BY THE BARREL - SECRETS FROM PROLIFIC WRITERS, right now for free. Simply head over to www.brockswinson.com to get your free digital download and audiobook. If you find value in the book, please share it with a friend, as we’re giving away 100,000 copies this year. It’s based on over 400 interviews here at Creative Principles. Enjoy! If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60 seconds, and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom of your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write…

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Guests: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• co-directing
• horror films
• budget limitations

Keywords

• Ready or Not
• V/H/S
• cult classic
• Searchlight

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