Holden Pollak
Directing
Biography
Holden Pollak is a twenty-one-year-old writer-director-producer from Long Beach, CA. He has been making films since the age of ten. Although having a background in comedy, Holden has a diverse filmmaking style that allows him to fully explore all genres. Pollak is best known for his 2023 feature film "R" with Eric Roberts and Oliver Cooper. As well as his 2024 feature "Sleuthhound Screwball" with Christian Vierling and Oliver Cooper. And his bizarre and outrageous coming-of-age comedies "Radical Moonlight" and "Watch Your Brother!" His father, Brad Pollak, has been working closely with Holden on all of his projects, since he gave him his first camera. Although Holden is young, he continues to propel new stories forward every year.
Known For
In Palos Verdes, CA in 1975, private investigator James Miller (Christian Vierling) witnesses the murder of an attorney involved in a bizarre case connected to a surfer gang known as the Lunada Bay Boys. Attempting to stray away from his traditional adultery cases and make his mark on the world of skip tracing, James reunites with his old college buddy Matthew (Oliver Cooper) in hopes of cracking this peculiar case.
Sleuthhound Screwball
Former D1 volleyball star TJ O'Michael, now a washed-up beach coach, schemes to profit off a wealthy couple's collapsing marriage, with his estranged father by his side.
The Beach Player
In Los Angeles in 1965, unfulfilled B-list director Gordon Flemyng (Brad Pollak) receives the screenplay of a lifetime from his old friend Robert Sabaroff (Mark Baker), who is insistent they make a film that promises to entertain like no other. With football legend, turned actor, Jim Brown (J'amore Ward) attached to the picture, it seems the sky's the limit for these two filmmakers. Desperate to finally receive the recognition he's longed for, Gordon struggles to find the balance between passion and stardom. However, when Gordon pushes the MPAA rating guidelines of traditional cinema, he finds himself in a rabbit hole he's unsure he can escape from when his movie receives the first ever R-rating.