Sam Holdren

SamWH@aol.com

Education

Temple University

MFA: Film & Media Arts, May 2008

West Virginia State College (now University)

BA: English: Professional Writing, Theatre Arts minor, May 2002

BS: Communications, Writing minor, May 2001, Summa Cum Laude

Selected Film & Video Productions

Projects with Various Degrees of Creative Control

The Paradigm Shift, c. 2008, film narrative, 26 minutes, LINK

Role: Producer, Screenwriter, Titles, Visual Effects, “Graduate Student”

Awards:

-Audience Award: 2008 Main Line Film Festival, Wayne, PA
-Best Student Narrative: 2008 Peace On Earth Film Festival, Chicago, IL

Juried Festivals/Screenings:

-Show Off Your Short Film Festival, Hollywood, CA, February 15^th, 2008
-Main Line Film Festival, Wayne, PA, April 26^th, 2008
-Peace On Earth Film Festival, Chicago, IL, August 30^th, 2008

Play, c. 2007, video narrative, 10 ½ minutes, LINK

Role: Director, Producer, Writer, Titles, Music Editor, Visual Effects

Juried Festivals/Screenings:

-Rockport Film Festival, Rockport, TX, November 8^th, 2007
-West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival, Sutton, WV, October 4^th, 2008

Meat, c. 2007, video experimental/narrative, 5 minutes, LINK

Role: Producer, Visual Effects

Juried Festivals/Screenings:

-Boston Underground Film Festival, Boston, MA, March 21^st, 2008
-Humboldt Film Festival, Arcata, CA, March 26^th, 2008

Exhibitions:

-Milk Boy Coffee, Ardmore, PA, April 18th, 2007

Audition, c. 2006, video narrative, 20 minutes, LINK

Role: Director, Co-Writer, Executive Producer, Visual Effects, Titles

Awards:

-Best Student Short Film: Bluegrass Independent Film Festival, La Grange, KY,

September 8^th, 2007

-Best Regional Student Film: Bluegrass Independent Film Festival, La Grange, KY,

September 8^th, 2007
-Award of Excellence: West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival, Sutton, WV,

October 12^th, 2007

Juried Festivals:

-Appalachian Film Festival, Huntington, WV, April 19^th, 2007

-Bare Bones International Film Festival, Muskogee, OK, April 25^th, 2007

-Bluegrass Independent Film Festival, La Grange, KY, September 8^th, 2007

-Route 66 Film Festival, Springfield, IL, September 15^th, 2007

-West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival, Sutton, WV, October 12^th, 2007

-Delaware Valley Film Festival, Hatboro, PA, November 2^nd, 2007
-Colony Film Festival, Marietta, OH, November 17^th, 2007
-Macon Film & Video Festival, Macon, GA, February 24^th, 2008
-Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, ND, March 8^th, 2008
-Kent Film Festival, Kent, CT, March 29^th, 2008
-Wildwood By The Sea Film Festival, Wildwood, NJ, September 26^th, 2008

Exhibitions:
-IU South Bend Ind. Video & Filmmakers Festival, South Bend, IN, April 18-19^th, 2008
-Johns Hopkins Film Festival, Baltimore, MD, April 20^th, 2008

Blah, c. 2002, cut-out animation, 2 minutes, LINK

Role: complete creative control/production

Awards:

-Best Short Film: West Virginia International Film Festival: 2002 Student Competition,

Charleston, WV, April 28, 2002

            -Short Animation Award: West Virginia Filmmakers Festival, Sutton, WV,

October 5, 2002

Juried Festivals/Screenings:

            -West Virginia International Film Festival: 2002 Student Competition,

Charleston, WV, April 28, 2002

            -West Virginia Filmmakers Festival, Sutton, WV, October 5, 2002
            -Backseat Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, March 14^th, 2008
            -Nevada City Film Festival, Nevada City, CA, August 16^th, 2008

Unexpected Aphrodisiacs, c. 2001, 16mm narrative, 8:30

Role: Co-Director/Writer/Producer, Editor, Music Composition, Actor

Awards:

-First Place: West Virginia International Film Festival: 2001 Student Competition,

Charleston, WV, May 6, 2001

Juried Festivals/Screenings:

-West Virginia International Film Festival: 2001 Student Competition,

Charleston, WV, May 6, 2001

-West Virginia Filmmakers Festival, Sutton, WV, October 5, 2002

Selected Additional Projects

Roy G. Biv, c. 2008, 35mm narrative, approx. 24 minutes (post-production), LINK

Role: Line Producer

Haunted House, c. 2007, 16mm narrative, 11 minutes (festival submissions forthcoming)

Role: Associate Producer

Casting!, c. 2006, super 16mm narrative, 18 minutes

Role: Producer, Assistant Director, “Nate”

Juried Festivals/Screenings:

-Rocket City Short Film Festival, Huntsville, AL, October 20, 2006
-West Virginia Filmmakers Film Festival, Sutton, WV, October 4^th, 2008

Nothing But Net, c. 2006, 24p video narrative, 10 minutes

Role: Assistant Sound: ADR

Juried Festivals/Screenings:

-Evil City Film Festival, New York City, NY, October 15, 2006

-Delaware Valley Film Festival, Hatboro, PA, November 3, 2006
-Appalachian Film Festival, Huntington, WV, April 19, 2008
            -Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA, June 29, 2008
-Washougal International Film Festival, Washougal, WA, August 21, 2008

Exhibitions:

-Philly in Shorts, Philadelphia, PA, April 26, 2006

-Cannes Short Film Corner, Cannes, France, May 22, 2006

-Mocca Cinema, New York City, NY, December 16th, 2006

-University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, June 10, 2006

Close Distance, c. 2004, video narrative, 15 minutes

Role: Sound Recordist, “Paul”

Juried Festivals/Screenings:

-Diamond Screen Film Festival, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, May 2005

-San Francisco Black Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, June 10, 2005

Elk Hotel, c. 2003, video narrative, 35 minutes

Role: Assistant Director, “Rick”

Awards:

           - Third Place: The Spirit of Halloween Short Film Showcase, Huntington, WV,

June 2-4. 9-11, 13-14, 2005, Public Access Channel 20

Exhibitions:

-West Virginia Filmmakers Festival, Sutton, WV, October 11, 2003

-West Virginia State College, WVSC Film Festival, April 2004
-South Charleston Community Center, South Charleston, WV, October, 30, 2004

-Freaky Movie Month - Touring Film Festival, Sept. 30 – Oct. 22, 2005-Landmark

Studio of the Arts, Sutton, WV, Oct. 15, 2005-Elk Hotel, Sutton,
WV, Oct. 22, 2005-Four Star Summer Theatre, Jerry’s Run, WV

-Capitol Theater, Freaky Movie Festival, Charleston, WV, October 31, 2007

Television Screenings:

-The Spirit of Halloween Short Film Showcase, Huntington, WV, June 2-4. 9-11,

13-14, Public Access Channel 20

The Broken Car, c. 2001, cut-out animation, 1:30

Role: Music Composition

Awards:

-Special Animation Award: West Virginia International Film Festival: 2001 Student

Film Competition, Charleston, WV, May 6, 2001

Affiliations

AIVF – member from October 2004-June 2006

WV Filmmakers’ Guild – member from October 2002–October 2003 (Treasurer), and again from Oct. 2007 - present

Software Experience

Final Cut Pro 5 years Pro Tools 4 years

Avid Express 3 years Soundtrack 2 years

Adobe Photoshop 7 years Sound Forge 7 years

Motion 4 years Cakewalk Pro Audio 5 years

Adobe Premiere 3 years Excel 4 years

Pinnacle 2 years Microsoft Word & Works 12 years

Adobe After Effects 3 years Stage Research’s SFX 4 years

DVD Studio Pro 4 years Logic Pro                                 1 year
Final Draft                    4 years

Selected Theatre Productions

Briefs & Shorts (under Kanawha Players), Monthly Show of 10-minute plays

Role: Producer, Webmaster, Emcee – January-July 2003

All Shows (14 Plays)

Role: Director

Dalmatian, May 2003

The Plea, April 2003

Role: Director

The Entrepreneur, March 2003

Guys, September 2002

Role: Director, Playwright

Me Too!, April 2003

Burnt Sienna, February 2003, July 2003

Final Assault, Charleston Stage Company, April 2003

Role: Music Composition, Additional Sound Editing/Design

Moon Over Buffalo, Kanawha Players, October 2002

Role: Assistant Director, Sound Design, Music Composition

The Crucible, Angevin Players, August 2002

Role: Lead – “John Proctor”

Return to the Forbidden Planet, Charleston Stage Company, June 2002

Role: Sound Designer, Sound Engineer, Composition of Additional Music

W;t, Charleston Stage Company, Feb 2002

Role: Sound Designer, Ensemble Player

Cabaret, Charleston Stage Company, June 2000

Role: Lead – “Cliff Bradshaw”

Selected Graphic Design

Haunted House – Poster/DVD Cover Design, February 2008
Meat – Poster Design, November 2007
The Paradigm Shift – Poster/DVD Cover Design, July 2007

Play – Poster/DVD Cover Design, April 2006

Audition – Poster/DVD Cover Design, October 2005

Whole: a Trinity of Being – DVD Cover Design, October 2005

Change the World – DVD Cover Design, October 2004

Kanawha Review – Cover Design, 2002 Edition

References, Samples & Notes

*Work samples and references available upon request

*Willing to travel & own car