Ian Holt

A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Ian studied creative writing, dramatic arts and acting with intensive character development and script theory under the late great Stella Adler. Ian is the co-author with Dacre Stoker of the international best seller "Dracula The Un-Dead", the official sequel to Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula" as approved by the Stoker family. Over 2 million copies sold worldwide to date, #19 NYT Bestseller List and #5 Paperback, #1 in France, Germany and Spain, nominated for Best First Horror Novel by The Thriller Awards. For Ian's next project, he returned to his first love, motion pictures. Ian is the screenwriter and producer of the hit supernatural thriller, "Episode 50", where two teams of competing reality TV ghost hunting crews go from the hunters to the hunted when they encounter an evil spirit of tremendous power. "Episode 50" is co-produced by Ehud Bleiberg and Compound B -- a division of Bleiberg Entertainment. "Episode 50" played theatrically in the UK, throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia East, and hit the US in March of 2012. Most recently, Ian penned and will produce the horror feature "Shut In" for The Readmond Company and "Unhinged" for his new production company Alt House (with partners Michael Alden & Michael Kuciak) and Archstone Pictures. Recognized as an international authority on the history of all things that go bump in the night, Ian has appeared on numerous radio, news and TV shows. Ian has also lectured around the world with the authors of the best-selling non-fiction book, "In Search Of Dracula", Fulbright Scholars Prof. Raymond McNally and Prof. Radu Florescu (Prince Dracula's descendant) who's scholarly works Francis Ford Coppola used to research his 1992 film, "Bram Stoker's Dracula". Based on his travels with McNally and Florescu, Ian was asked to join The Transylvanian Society Of Dracula and attend their First World Dracula Congress in 1995 in Romania-a gathering of the top history and literature scholars from around the world to discuss horror's influence on the arts, specifically novels and films. While in Romania Ian spent the night in the ruins of Dracula's Castle in Poenari and traveled to his palace in Tirgoviste where he stood on the balcony of Dracula's Chindia tower. It was from this balcony that Dracula, the great Impaler himself, looked out upon his Forest Of The Impaled-forty-thousand impaled Turkish prisoners. Ian even visited Dracula's birthplace in Sighisoara and his "empty grave" at Snagov Island Monastery. Ian's first film "Dr. Chopper", a slasher film from York Entertainment, garnered huge ratings when it premiered on Starz and has a large cult following on DVD. In addition to contributing to renowned Fulbright scholar, Professor Radu Florescu's book, "In Search Of Frankenstein", Ian has written comedic bits for Doctor Dre and Ed Lover's hit show, "Yo! MTV Raps", and for their top rated New York radio morning shows on HOT 97, LA's KKBT "The Beat" and NY's Power 105.1. Ian also was an on air contributor as the recurring character of "The Renaissance Man."