LEO HOLLEN, JR.

Leo Hollen, Jr. (born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, March 27) has lived in Atlanta, Georgia, for the past ten years, where he completed college and several short films. He graduated from Georgia State University and studied film, English minor. Queer Moxie is his first feature-length project, which he co-director with Heather Provoncha in 2016 and was featured at the annual Out On Film festival.

Along with directing the film, he was also editor of the documentary celebrating the importance, evolution, and daring spirit of queer performance in Atlanta. Leo and Heather have teamed up again to direct XOXO: For the Love of Football, a documentary celebrating some of the amazing women, on and off the field, who play tackle football.

He is currently a board member and on the planning committee for Out on Film. After completing post-production on his new film project, XOXO, his goal is to complete a pilot, write, and direct more narrative projects. Being a queer black man in the South, he finds it is important as a filmmaker to create art of all mediums as diverse as the world around him. Please find out more about the projects he’s working on at mettleandpluck.com.