Alex Holdridge is an American writer/director currently based in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, 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 Marcus "Scoot" McNairy (born November 11, 1977) is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles in ''Monsters'', ''Argo'', ''Killing Them Softly'', '' 12 Years a Slave'', '' Gone Girl'', and '' Batman v Superman: Dawn of J ...

, 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

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

. 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 Cassavete ...

'', a

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

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 $500,000 by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It is named after ac ...

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 ''Meet Me in Montenegro'' is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen. It had its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014. The film was distributed by The Orchard and had i ...

'' (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 American film directors American male screenwriters Independent Spirit Award winners American film producers