Colby Holt is a queer film & television director from the American South. He graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2011, where he studied Psychology & Folk Studies, competed on the National Champion Speech and Debate Team, and began his creative producing work. He studied writing for Television and Film under Michael McCarthy at iO Chicago. He is known for the television series' "Gayborhood" & "Down Home", the spoken word podcast "Queer Slam", and the feature film "Pig Hag". He has been collaborating with his partner in both life & film, Sam Probst, since 2012.