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Editor
Naomi Holwill
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.
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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
Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema2018
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema2019
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street2015
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film2015
Searching for Cannibal Holocaust2021
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed2014
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie2012
Prince: The Peach and Black Times2019
Filmography
- 2025The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo DocumentaryFilmDirector, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2025The Unassuming Journeyman: The Exploitation Express of Ferdinando BaldiFilmDirector, Editor
- 2024Ghost Girl Gone Global: How Sadako Terrorized TinseltownFilmDirector
- 2024England's Unknown Exploitation Film Eccentric: The Schlock Cinema Legacy of Lindsay ShonteffFilmDirector
- 2024Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey Of Stephen ChowFilmDirector, Editor
- 2023The Golden BoyFilmDirector, Editor
- 2023Fine Archery: The Brave Archer FranchiseFilmEditor, Director, Producer, Cinematography
- 2023From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror CinemaFilmDirector, Writer, Editor
- 2023Slicing At The StarsFilmProducer, Editor
- 2022The Young General: Reflections on Michael ReevesFilmCinematography, Producer, Editor
- 2022Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie FilmFilmDirector, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
- 2021Searching for Cannibal HolocaustFilmSelf, Editor, Cinematography
- 2020The Emmanuelle EffectFilmDirector
- 2020Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film KingFilmCinematography, Producer, Editor, Director
- 2020An Italian Aenigma: Appraising Late Day FulciFilmDirector
- 2020From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi ClassicFilmDirector, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
- 2020Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror ClassicFilmEditor
- 2020A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. WarrenFilmEditor
- 2019Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation CinemaFilmDirector
- 2019Prince: The Peach and Black TimesFilmCinematography, Director, Editor
- 2019Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie MaverickFilmEditor
- 2018Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation CinemaFilmEditor, Producer, Director of Photography
- 2018Brain Food: Analysing Late Day FulciFilmEditor, Producer, Director
- 2018All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation TitanFilmEditor, Cinematography, Producer
- 2018Me Me Lai Bites BackFilmDirector, Producer
- 2017Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter CinemaFilmDirector
- 2016The Life, Legend and Legacy of Donald P. BorchersFilmDirector, Editor
- 201542nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious StreetFilmEditor, Producer
- 2015Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal FilmFilmEditor
- 2015Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of CinépixFilmProducer, Editor
- 2014Scream Queens: Horror Heroines ExposedFilmProducer, Editor
- 2014There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'BurbsFilmEditor, Producer
- 2014Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'FilmProducer, Editor
- 2014All About the Girl: Memories of a Giallo GemFilmEditor, Producer
- 2014Behind the Swinging BladeFilmProducer, Editor
- 2013Cannon Fodder: The Making of LifeforceFilmProducer, Editor
- 2012From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie MovieFilmProducer, Editor
- 2012Ladies of Italian HorrorFilmEditor, Producer
- 2011Naschy of the Full MoonFilmProducer, Editor
- 2011Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of PhenomenaFilmAnimation, Editor, Producer
- 2010The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'FilmEditor, Producer