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Sam Holdren

  • Location Management
  • Writer
  • Director
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Sam Holdren
The repercussions are immediate when an activist professor assigns his class to assassinate the President.  Life becomes just as tough for the professor's teaching assistant, who is stuck in the middle.
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The Paradigm Shift (2008)
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Sam Holdren was born in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. Sam is a writer and director, known for Stranger Things (2016), Unpregnant (2020) and Super 8 (2011).
BornNovember 29
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BornNovember 29
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  • Awards
    • 11 wins & 2 nominations

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Location Managing and Producing "Bixby"
Scouting rooftops -- Location Managing "The Making of the Mob: New York"
Tech Scout in New Mexico

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
  • Location Management
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
  • Writer
  • 2020

Credits

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Location Management

  • Hot Pink
    • location coordinator
    • Completed
    • TV Series
  • Love Lies Bleeding
    • key assistant location manager
    • Post-production
  • Surrounded
    • location manager
    • Post-production
  • Mirelly Taylor, Joe Hansard, Altorro Prince Black, James Davenjay, and Raoul Anderson in Grey Angel Journals (2017)
    Grey Angel Journals
    • location manager
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Ewan McGregor and Clara McGregor in You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder (2023)
    You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder
    • location scout
    • 2023
  • Michiel Huisman, Luke Evans, and Jessica Ann Collins in Echo 3 (2022)
    Echo 3
    • Location Manager: New Mexico
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • 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
    • assistant location manager: Albuquerque
    • assistant location manager: New Mexico unit
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Canyon Del Muerto (2022)
    Canyon Del Muerto
    • location manager
    • 2022
  • 7 Trails in 7 Days (2018)
    7 Trails in 7 Days
    • location scout
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018–2021
  • Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira in Unpregnant (2020)
    Unpregnant
    • location coordinator
    • 2020
  • Tiny Creatures (2020)
    Tiny Creatures
    • location scout
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • What the Night Can Do (2020)
    What the Night Can Do
    • location manager
    • 2020
  • Grisel Wilson in Reflection (2019)
    Reflection
    • location consultant
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Bixby (2016)
    Bixby
    • location manager
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Tri (2016)
    Tri
    • location manager
    • 2016
  • The Making of the Mob (2015)
    The Making of the Mob
    • location manager
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Elizabeth Banks in Little Accidents (2014)
    Little Accidents
    • location scout
    • 2014
  • Don Meehan in The Men Who Built America (2012)
    The Men Who Built America
    • key assistant location manager
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2012

Writer

  • 7 Trails in 7 Days (2018)
    7 Trails in 7 Days
    • Writer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018–2021
  • The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt (2020)
    The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Michael McElroy in Prison Break-in (2015)
    Prison Break-in
    • screenplay
    • 2015
  • The 2nd Annual WVSU Student Film & Video Festival (2014)
    The 2nd Annual WVSU Student Film & Video Festival
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2014
  • Change the World
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2009
  • The Paradigm Shift (2008)
    The Paradigm Shift
    • screenplay
    • Short
    • 2008
  • Play (2007)
    Play
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Official Poster for the 2007 short film Audition
    Audition
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Unexpected Aphrodisiacs
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2001

Director

  • The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt (2020)
    The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2020
  • "Exceptance" Poster
    Exceptance
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Impromptu Canal
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • The 2nd Annual WVSU Student Film & Video Festival (2014)
    The 2nd Annual WVSU Student Film & Video Festival
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2014
  • Change the World
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Play (2007)
    Play
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Official Poster for the 2007 short film Audition
    Audition
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Never Say Never
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2006
  • Official Poster for the 2002 short cartoon Blah
    Blah
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2002
  • Unexpected Aphrodisiacs
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2001
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos5

Booted
Clip 3:16
Booted
Favorite Crayon
Trailer 1:03
Favorite Crayon
EXCEPTANCE Movie Trailer
Trailer 0:57
EXCEPTANCE Movie Trailer
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Trailer 1:10
Play
The Paradigm Shift
Trailer 1:53
The Paradigm Shift

Personal details

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    • Official Site
  • Born
    • November 29
    • Charleston, West Virginia, USA
  • Other works
    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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    • 6 Interviews
    • 8 Articles

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  • Trivia
    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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