Michael Holman

Birthplace: New York, USA

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

Known For

Basquiat
TV Party
Beat Street
Last Days at the Fillmore
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Money Dog
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Downtown '81
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ

Top Movie Credits

Basquiat Second Unit Director
Beat Street Producer
Last Days at the Fillmore Himself - Performer
Money Dog Director
Basquiat: Rage to Riches Self (Writer, filmmaker)
Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ Director of Photography