But for him, it was less about skating and more about watching. But within the film is a deeper message - one that explores the meaning of family, the importance of self-acceptance and the hardships of coming-of-age in today’s world.Īlfred’s path to becoming a writer-director began when he was in middle school, and found himself gravitating toward the skate park. skate culture, particularly the difficulty of making it as a pro, drawing on his own experience as the founder of skate brand Illegal Civilization, as well as those of his friends. No shade to, no bad blood at all, but I just feel like they’re wrong.”Īlfred’s main goal in making “North Hollywood” was to spotlight L.A.
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“I feel that it caters to a really niche audience at first - skateboarders - but then the movie has parents and all this other stuff that everyone can relate to.
“I categorically disagree with that,” Alfred says. But Alfred was told that the semi-autobiographical “North Hollywood” - about a teenage boy’s choice between following his dream of becoming a pro skater or going to college - wouldn’t relate to a wide enough audience. It’s not like Alfred is a complete outsider to Hollywood - he was a producer on Jonah Hill’s critically-acclaimed film “Mid90s,” appeared as himself in the HBO series “Ballers” and directed a documentary short about rapper Tyler, the Creator. “I didn’t even get like, ‘Yeah, we’ll hit you back,'” Alfred tells Variety. 'Freaky' Review: Kathryn Newton and Vince Vaughn Trade Places in Bloody Body-Swap Satire Pharrell Williams Launches Black Ambition Non-Profit Initiative How 'Freaky' Evokes Queer and Feminist Power Beneath a Slasher Surface native was met with the same response from all of them: “No.” When pitching the script for his feature directorial debut, “ North Hollywood,” to distributors, the 26-year-old L.A. Mikey Alfred is no stranger to rejection.
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