Director/Writer MIKE FLANAGAN On Screenwriting (Ep 21-25)

Redfield Arts Audio

This conversation you are about to listen to, between Mike Flanagan and Mark Redfield, was conducted by phone while Flanagan was editing “Before I Wake” in 2015, and Flanagan was on pins and needles waiting on word that Stephen King would give his blessing for him to make “Gerald’s Game”. Writer-director-editor Mike Flanagan made his first splash with horror films fans with his 2011 crowd-source-funded film “Absentia”. “Absentia” featured actors from Flanagan’s student-film days, and genre favorite Doug Jones, the star of “The Shape of Water” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” . His real break-out film in the horror genre was “Oculus” from 2014. Flanagan’s next major film was “Hush”, released by Netflix in 2016. This lead to writing and directing an adaptation of Stephen King’s “Gerald’s Game” for Netflix and, eventually, to the adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel “The Haunting of Hill House” for Netflix, released as a 10-episode film, in 2018. “The Haunting of Hill House” as won raves and accolades from fans and critics. Stephen King said, “ ‘The Haunting of Hill House’, revised and remodeled by Mike Flanagan. I don’t usually care for this kind of revisionism, but this is great. Close to a work of genius. I think Shirley Jackson would approve, but who knows for sure.” His latest series on Netflix is "The Haunting Of Bly Manor". Don't Forget To Subscribe! For more great audio visit: http://www.RedfieldArtsAudio.com