Alex Holdridge is an American writer/director currently based in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

, Germany. Holdridge began making movies in the early 2000s in Austin, Texas. His first full-length film, ''Wrong Numbers'', was a low-budget comedy about two 18-year-old guys who set out to forget their girlfriend troubles and buy a six-pack on the last night of school. The film stars

Scoot McNairy John "Scoot" McNairy (born November 11, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in films such as '' Monsters'' (2010), ''Argo'', ''Killing Them Softly'' (both 2012), '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016), '' Speak No Evil' ...

, Matt Bearden, Matt Pulliam, Kirsten Cunnington, and David Pratt. It was co-written by Sam Merrick. In 2003 Holdridge wrote and directed, ''Sexless.'' It won both the jury and audience awards at the 2003

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Film Festival. It is a sex comedy about twenty-something couples' last month in

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. In 2008 Holdridge wrote, directed and produced ''

In Search of a Midnight Kiss ''In Search of a Midnight Kiss'' is a 2007 American independent romantic comedy film written and directed by Alex Holdridge. It was listed on the National Board of Review's Top 10 Independent Films of 2008, won the Independent Spirit John Cassave ...

'', a

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

which was listed by the

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as one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2008. Holdridge won the 2008

Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $1,000,000 by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It is named aft ...

for work on the film. The film starred Scoot McNairy and Sara Simmonds, and was the third collaboration with McNairy and the second with Simmonds.

Filmography

* ''Wrong Numbers'' (2001) * ''Sexless'' (2003) * ''

'' (2007) * '' Meet Me in Montenegro'' (2015) * ''

Frank and Cindy ''Frank and Cindy'' is a 2015 comedy film written and directed by G.J. Echternkamp. The film stars Rene Russo, Oliver Platt, Johnny Simmons, Jane Levy, and Marc Maron and is based on the true story and the 2007 documentary of the same name. G.J. ...

'' (2015) – co-writer of screenplay

References

External links

*
interview with from Film Threat
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holdridge, Alex 1975 births Living people Film directors from Georgia (U.S. state) American male screenwriters Independent Spirit Award winners Film producers from Georgia (U.S. state) Mass media people from Atlanta