On this episode of Timecode: Dead Air, we talk with Warren Skeels. Warren’s claim to fame is the MTV reality show Siesta Key. He talks with us about what that unscripted work actually taught him as a filmmaker, and about his film Thespians — a documentary on the world’s largest high school theatre competition, which took Best Documentary at the Phoenix Film Festival and premiered on Showtime.
We dig into his feature directorial debut, the horror film The Man in the White Van, a thriller pulled from true Florida crime. The film stars Madison Wolfe, Ali Larter, Sean Astin, and Brec Bassinger. He talks about building tension without overplaying it, the money and logistics of actually getting a film made, and what really changes when you jump from television to a theatrical release. We also get into acting, reality TV, writing, and the hell that is development.
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