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Naomi Holwill

Editing · West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland, UK

Biography

Born in Lauder in the Scottish Borders, Naomi Holwill holds an MA in Art and Design, with distinction, and set-up the production company High Rising Productions, alongside Calum Waddell, in 2009. The outfit is responsible for a number of documentaries and featurettes that have appeared on global Blu-Ray and DVD releases, usually focused on cult films and filmmakers. In the space of her career in Blu-Ray and DVD feature production, Holwill has filmed many notable names and also directed a number of acclaimed full-length documentaries - for instance, her acclaimed documentary "Me Me Me Lai Bites Back" tracks the rise of seventies sex symbol Me Me Lai, one of the very first British-Asian pin-ups whose story had been previously untold. She multi-tasks in filming, editing, producing and - when the job calls on it - even directing.

Known for

Filmography

2025The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo DocumentaryDirector
2025The Unassuming Journeyman: The Exploitation Express of Ferdinando BaldiDirector
2024Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey Of Stephen ChowDirector
2024England's Unknown Exploitation Film Eccentric: The Schlock Cinema Legacy of Lindsay ShonteffDirector
2024Ghost Girl Gone Global: How Sadako Terrorized TinseltownDirector
2023Slicing At The StarsProducer
2023Fine Archery: The Brave Archer FranchiseDirector
2023From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror CinemaDirector
2023The Golden BoyEditor
2022Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie FilmDirector
2022The Young General: Reflections on Michael ReevesProducer
2021Searching for Cannibal HolocaustSelf
2020Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film KingProducer
2020An Italian Aenigma: Appraising Late Day FulciDirector
2020The Emmanuelle EffectDirector
2020From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi ClassicDirector
2020A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. WarrenEditor
2020Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror ClassicEditor
2019Prince: The Peach and Black TimesCinematography
2019Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation CinemaDirector
2019Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie MaverickEditor
2018Me Me Lai Bites BackDirector
2018Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation CinemaEditor
2018All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation TitanProducer
2018Brain Food: Analysing Late Day FulciProducer
2017Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter CinemaDirector
2016The Life, Legend and Legacy of Donald P. BorchersDirector
201542nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious StreetEditor
2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal FilmEditor
2015Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of CinépixProducer
2014All About the Girl: Memories of a Giallo GemEditor
2014Scream Queens: Horror Heroines ExposedProducer
2014Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'Producer
2014There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'BurbsEditor
2014Behind the Swinging BladeProducer
2013Cannon Fodder: The Making of LifeforceProducer
2012From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie MovieEditor
2012Ladies of Italian HorrorEditor
2011Naschy of the Full MoonProducer
2011Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of PhenomenaEditor
2010The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'Editor

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