The Holdovers with Writer and Producer David Hemingson In Person

Synopsis: A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school remains on campus during Christmas break to babysit a handful of students with nowhere to go. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school’s head cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.

 

David Hemingson (Yale ‘86) is a writer and producer for film and television. He started his career in TV writing. He is best known for writing the 2023 film The Holdovers, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.