Alex Holdridge


Alex Holdridge is an American writer/director currently based in Berlin, 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, 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 South by Southwest Film Festival. It is a sex comedy about twenty-something couples' last month in Austin, Texas.
In 2008, Holdridge wrote, directed and produced In [Search of a Midnight Kiss], a romantic comedy which was listed by the National Board of Review as one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2008. Holdridge won the 2008 Independent [Spirit John Cassavetes Award] 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.

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