The origin of IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS began in Austin, Texas where Alex Holdridge (Writer/Director) made his first two films (WRONG NUMBERS, SEXLESS). Both films were well received, and the success of SEXLESS – the first film ever to capture both the SXSW Audience and Jury awards – motivated Alex to move to Los Angeles to pursue his film career.

Holdridge took heavy inspiration from his early days in LA for IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS. The film follows the theme of what aspiring young Hollywood hopefuls do when the phone doesn’t ring. Knowing that resources would be scarce, Alex wrote the film with several key collaborators in mind, including Scoot McNairy (Producer, “Wilson”), Brian McGuire (“Jacob”), Sara Simmonds (“Vivian”), and Robert Murphy (Cinematographer, “Jack”).

On January 2, 2006 Alex contacted Seth Caplan (Producer), who was busy soaking up college football after wrapping two features in the previous six months. Alex pitched the opening scene of the movie, the basic plot and the actors who had already signed-up. Caplan had to turn the television off and get to work as Holdridge had arranged for the cinematographer and camera package to arrive in LA to begin shooting on January 9th…just one week away.