Biography

Joel Holland is known for Turns (2025), Viewers at Home (2024) and What They Say (2024). He has been married to Chloe Holland since March 18, 2023.

Joel's middle name is David, after his father, also a writer.

People talk about wanting to make great things and then they get discouraged when the first thing they make isn't great. The act of creating is good, in and of itself, but that doesn't mean the thing you make will be as good as you want it to be. Resistance is real, and the biggest struggle is pushing past it and focusing on creating a body of work. Learn by doing. If you wait until you're ready, you won't start, but once you start, you'll get better.

I guess I was tired of waiting for someone else to decide whether or not my work might get made one day. I decided to make it myself.

You don't say, "I am an aspiring filmmaker." You say, "I am a filmmaker. Let's make something." There are going to be a lot of voices telling you what you are and what you aren't, and if this is what you want to do, DO IT. People won't be able to say "eh, maybe that's not for you to do" because you'll just be doing it, and then it's yours.