How one cold email led to directing a feature for The Asylum | Anthony Frith Interview
Bloody Good HorrorShow Notes
Most filmmakers spend years trying to land their first feature.
Anthony Frith did it with a single email.
In this conversation, he shares how one cold email led to directing The Land That Time Forgot for The Asylum, what he learned making his first feature, and why he documented the entire experience in his new film, "Mockbuster".
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