Love, Freedom, Purpose, and Hope
The Navigating Hollywood podcast and courses give entertainment professionals the opportunity to strengthen their relationships, explore faith, ask questions, and share their points of view. We create non-judgmental and safe spaces for authentic relationships to flourish and give media professionals the opportunity to wrestle with life’s big questions and challenges together.
Allen Wolf: Founder
Award-winning filmmaker and author Allen Wolf founded Navigating Hollywood in 2020, launching its companion podcast in 2021 to create spaces where entertainment professionals explore meaningful relationships and faith conversations.
Through his production company Morning Star Pictures, Allen crafts stories that illuminate important issues. His recent film adaptation of his own novel The Sound of Violet (2022) raises awareness about human trafficking while offering fresh perspectives on autism. Both the screenplay and film have received multiple awards.
Allen previously wrote, directed, and produced the acclaimed thriller In My Sleep, which won international festival awards and is available on major streaming platforms. The Hollywood Reporter praised his “tight, psychologically astute pacing.”
His literary work has garnered similar recognition, with Kirkus Reviews describing The Sound of Violet novel as “entertaining, well-paced, and highly visual… a charming, humorous, and hopeful tale.”
A summa cum laude graduate of NYU’s film school, Allen’s talent emerged early when his thesis film Harlem Grace became a Student Academy Awards finalist.
Allen lives with his wife and their two children, Adele and Cyrus. Beyond filmmaking, he treasures traveling, hearing others’ stories, and family time.