Winning the Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting w/ Filmmaker R.J. Daniel Hanna (SUCCUBUS, HARD MILES)
About this episode
In this episode, screenwriter and director R.J. Daniel Hanna discusses his experience winning the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and his films SUCCUBUS and HARD MILES.
Welcome to Episode 53! Very stoked to have screenwriter, director, editor, and 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellow, R.J. Daniel Hanna on the pod! In this episode, we talk about Daniel winning the Nicholl, his films SUCCUBUS (Starring Ron Perlman and Rosanna Arquette), and HARD MILES (Starring Matthew Modine and Sean Astin), his thoughts on screenwriting contests, and more! Hope you enjoy the episode! You can follow R.J. Daniel Hanna on IG at @ rjdanielhanna. Maybe it was growing up in Arkansas as a Canadian, or the summers in rural Ireland with his grandparents, but Daniel has always been drawn to out-of-place characters, strange environments, and the unique rhythms of how people talk. He just completed post on his horror film “Succubus,” starring Ron Perlman and Rosanna Arquette, to be released in 2024. Crossing over 500 screens in the U.S. and beginning its run in the U.K. is his feature “Hard Miles,” starring Golden Globe-winner Matthew Modine and Oscar-Nominee Sean Astin, which has won multiple awards and screened at prestigious festivals including Chicago International, Heartland Film Festival, and Cinequest. Prior to that, Daniel directed the true-story feature “Miss Virginia,”…
People in this episode
Host: Andy Compton
Guest: R.J. Daniel Hanna
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Academy Nicholl Fellowship
Books & works: SUCCUBUS, HARD MILES, Miss Virginia
Places: Arkansas, Ireland
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