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.
Movies & TV Shows
Directed
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Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema (2019) — Director
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Prince: The Peach and Black Times (2019) — Director
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The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary (2025) — Director
- Brain Food: Analysing Late Day Fulci (2018) — Director
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The Unassuming Journeyman: The Exploitation Express of Ferdinando Baldi (2025) — Director
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Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film (2022) — Director
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The Emmanuelle Effect (2020) — Director
- An Italian Aenigma: Appraising Late Day Fulci (2020) — Director
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The Golden Boy (2023) — Director
- Fine Archery: The Brave Archer Franchise (2023) — Director
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Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema (2017) — Director
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Me Me Lai Bites Back (2018) — Director
- Ghost Girl Gone Global: How Sadako Terrorized Tinseltown (2024) — Director
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From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema (2023) — Director
- From Rollerball to Rome - Reflection on a Sci-Fi Classic (2020) — Director
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The Life, Legend and Legacy of Donald P. Borchers (2016) — Director
- England's Unknown Exploitation Film Eccentric: The Schlock Cinema Legacy of Lindsay Shonteff (2024) — Director
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Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King (2020) — Director
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Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey Of Stephen Chow (2024) — Director