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Sam Holdren

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Sam Holdren
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Sam Holdren was born on 29 November 1978 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Stranger Things (2016), Unpregnant (2020) and Super 8 (2011).
BornNovember 29, 1978
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Location Managing and Producing "Bixby"
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Known for

Winona Ryder, Tom Wlaschiha, David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalia Dyer, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Priah Ferguson, and Eduardo Franco in Stranger Things (2016)
Stranger Things
8.7
TV Series
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Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira in Unpregnant (2020)
Unpregnant
6.5
  • Location Management
  • 2020
Super 8 (2011)
Super 8
7.0
  • Additional Crew(uncredited)
  • 2011
The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt (2020)
The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt
9.4
Short
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  • 2020

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  • You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder
    • Post-production
  • Hot Pink
    • Completed
  • Love Lies Bleeding
    • Post-production
  • Surrounded
    • Post-production
  • Michiel Huisman, Luke Evans, and Jessica Ann Collins in Echo 3 (2022)
    Echo 3
  • Mirelly Taylor, Joe Hansard, Altorro Prince Black, James Davenjay, and Raoul Anderson in Grey Angel Journals (2017)
    Grey Angel Journals
  • Winona Ryder, Tom Wlaschiha, David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalia Dyer, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Priah Ferguson, and Eduardo Franco in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
  • Canyon Del Muerto (2022)
    Canyon Del Muerto
  • 7 Trails in 7 Days (2018)
    7 Trails in 7 Days
  • Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira in Unpregnant (2020)
    Unpregnant
  • Tiny Creatures (2020)
    Tiny Creatures
  • What the Night Can Do (2020)
    What the Night Can Do
  • Grisel Wilson in Reflection (2019)
    Reflection
  • Bixby (2016)
    Bixby
  • Tri (2016)
    Tri
  • The Making of the Mob (2015)
    The Making of the Mob
  • Elizabeth Banks in Little Accidents (2014)
    Little Accidents
  • Don Meehan in The Men Who Built America (2012)
    The Men Who Built America

Writer

  • 7 Trails in 7 Days (2018)
    7 Trails in 7 Days
  • The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt (2020)
    The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt
  • Michael McElroy in Prison Break-in (2015)
    Prison Break-in
  • The 2nd Annual WVSU Student Film & Video Festival (2014)
    The 2nd Annual WVSU Student Film & Video Festival
  • Change the World
  • The Paradigm Shift (2008)
    The Paradigm Shift
  • Play (2007)
    Play
  • Official Poster for the 2007 short film Audition
    Audition
  • Unexpected Aphrodisiacs

Director

  • The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt (2020)
    The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt
  • "Exceptance" Poster
    Exceptance
  • Impromptu Canal
  • The 2nd Annual WVSU Student Film & Video Festival (2014)
    The 2nd Annual WVSU Student Film & Video Festival
  • Change the World
  • Play (2007)
    Play
  • Official Poster for the 2007 short film Audition
    Audition
  • Never Say Never
  • Official Poster for the 2002 short cartoon Blah
    Blah
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Personal details

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    • November 29, 1978
    • Charleston, West Virginia, USA
  • Created multi-layered digital sound designs for several plays in Charleston, WV with theatre companies including the Charleston Stage Company and the Kanawha Players; and also ran Kanawha Players' Briefs and Shorts - a then-monthly show of 10-minute plays - serving as a producer, sometime playwright, and frequent director who worked to recruit and create opportunities for new playwrights and directors in the area.
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    Graduated twice from West Virginia State College (now University) with a B.A. in English: Professional Writing and a B.S. in Communications.

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