Naomi Holwill
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.
Personal Details
Movies (38)
The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
Director (Directing)
2025
The Unassuming Journeyman: The Exploitation Express of Ferdinando Baldi
Director (Directing)
2025
Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey Of Stephen Chow
Director (Directing)
2024
England's Unknown Exploitation Film Eccentric: The Schlock Cinema Legacy of Lindsay Shonteff
Director (Directing)
2024
Ghost Girl Gone Global: How Sadako Terrorized Tinseltown
Director (Directing)
2024
Fine Archery: The Brave Archer Franchise
Producer (Production)
2023
From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema
Director (Directing)
2023
The Golden Boy
Director (Directing)
2023
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
Director (Directing)
2022
The Young General: Reflections on Michael Reeves
Producer (Production)
2022
Searching for Cannibal Holocaust
as Self
2021
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
Producer (Production)
2020
An Italian Aenigma: Appraising Late Day Fulci
Director (Directing)
2020
The Emmanuelle Effect
Director (Directing)
2020
From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic
Director (Directing)
2020
A Very English Exploitation: Inseminoid and the Shock Cinema of Norman J. Warren
Editor (Editing)
2020
Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic
Editor (Editing)
2020
Prince: The Peach and Black Times
Cinematography (Crew)
2019
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
Director (Directing)
2019
Franco-Philes: Musings on Madrid's B-Movie Maverick
Editor (Editing)
2019
Me Me Lai Bites Back
Director (Directing)
2018
Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema
Producer (Production)
2018
All Eyes on Lenzi: The Life and Times of the Italian Exploitation Titan
Producer (Production)
2018
Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci
Director (Directing)
2018
Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema
Director (Directing)
2017
The Life, Legend and Legacy of Donald P. Borchers
Director (Directing)
2016
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Producer (Production)
2015
Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film
Editor (Editing)
2015
Raw, Rough and Rabid: The Lacerating Legacy of Cinépix
Producer (Production)
2015
Scream Queens: Horror Heroines Exposed
Producer (Production)
2014
Parasite Memories: The Making of 'Shivers'
Producer (Production)
2014
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of The 'Burbs
Producer (Production)
2014
Behind the Swinging Blade
Producer (Production)
2014
Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce
Producer (Production)
2013
From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie
Producer (Production)
2012
Naschy of the Full Moon
Producer (Production)
2011
Dario Argento's Monkey Business: The Making of Phenomena
Producer (Production)
2011
The Other Mother: Making 'The Black Cat'
Editor (Editing)
2010