Bios

HOLT: Holt Bailey is co-writer, director and producer for the Atomic Wedgie/Fremantle webseries Starf*ckers. He is also the co-writer, director and producer for a series of FunnyorDie.com exclusive videos including Hostage: A Love Story, starring Zachary Quinto and Rachel Harris. He is also co-writer and co-creator of the independent pilot Small Town News, winner of the Audience Award at the 2008 Independent Television Festival and an official selection of the 2008 New York Television Festival.

He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama. He is active in online comedy, having performed in and contributed to a number of web-series, including MadAtom.com’s D-Guy. He also co-founded the New York sketch comedy troupe  Moustache McFadden.  As a member of the troupe he performed to sold-out audiences and was nominated for Best Sketch Group by the Emerging Comics of New York Awards.  In addition the troupe was chosen by Second City as one of the standout groups of the 2004 Chicago Sketchfest.  He has studied and performed at  The Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre and The People’s Improv Theater.

STEELE: Brian Steele is co-writer, director and producer for the Atomic Wedgie/Fremantle webseries Starf*ckers. He is also the co-writer, director and producer for a series of FunnyorDie.com exclusive videos including Hostage: A Love Story, starring Zachary Quinto and Rachel Harris. He is also co-writer and co-creator of the independent pilot Small Town News, winner of the Audience Award at the 2008 Independent Television Festival and an official selection of the 2008 New York Television Festival.

Brian was a contributing writer for Stankervision, an MTV sketch comedy show. He is a contributing writer for Collegehumor.com, as well as a contributing writer and on air personality for Sportsnet, the New York Mets regional network. Brian co-wrote APT. 413, a pilot spearheaded by producers, writers and performers from Saturday Night Live, The Muppets and Crank Yankers. It won best comedy at the 2007 New York Television Festival. He was also Co-Host of the Streamy Award nominated Monkey News Source and wrote content for various viral platforms promoting Judd Apatow’s Funny People and AMC’s Mad Men.

He co-founded the New York sketch comedy troupe Moustache McFadden. As a member of the troupe he performed to sold-out audiences and was nominated for Best Sketch Group by the Emerging Comics of New York Awards. In addition the troupe was picked by Second City as one of the standout groups of the 2004 Chicago Sketchfest. He has studied and performed at The Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre and The People’s Improv Theater. He is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Art’s Dramatic Writing Program at New York University, as well as the UCLA Professional’s Program for Screenwriting.