Michael Holman

Biography

An influential observer of popular culture and entertainment, Michael Holman is a filmmaker, artist, writer, and musician, based in New York City. A pioneer in the Downtown New York Art Scene and Uptown Hip Hop Scene, Holman founded the band Gray - an industrial atmospheric, noise group - with painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, as well as created and produced the first Hip Hop television show, Graffiti Rock in 1984

Movies & TV Shows

1. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010) — Self
2. Downtown '81 (2001) — Michael
3. Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018) — Self
4. Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017) — Self (Writer, filmmaker)
5. Graffiti Rock (1984) — Himself - Host
6. And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004) — Self
7. Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World (2023) — Self
8. Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu (2022) — Self - Musician, hip-hop historian, co-founder of the group Gray
9. TV Party (2005) — Self
10. Fillmore (1972) — Himself - Performer
11. Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio (2014) — Himself
12. Basquiat, Une Vie (2010) — Himself
13. The Hip Hop Years (1999) — Self
14. My Coolest Years (2004) — Himself
15. Michael Holman Presents The New York City Breakers Volume 2 (1997)
16. Sk8r Grrl (2021)
17. Downtown Calling (2009) — Self
18. And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004) — Self

Directed

1. Blue's Clues (1996) — Director
2. Eureeka's Castle (1989) — Director
3. Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ (1981) — Director
4. Money Dog (2011) — Director
5. Pesceador (1984) — Director
6. Vampire Lestat (1987) — Director