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Michael Holman

Michael Holman

Actor · New York, USA

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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

Acted in 3

2020s

  1. 2021

    Sk8r Grrl

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2001

    Downtown '81

    Michael

1990s

  1. 1997

    Michael Holman Presents The New York City Breakers Volume 2

    Movie

Produced 7

2000s

  1. 2009

    Downtown Calling

    Producer

1990s

  1. 1997

    Michael Holman Presents The New York City Breakers Volume 1

    Producer

  2. Michael Holman Presents The New York City Breakers Volume 2

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. 1984

    Graffiti Rock

    Producer

  3. 1981

    Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ

    Producer

Directed 6

2010s

  1. 2011

    Money Dog

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. 1987

    Vampire Lestat

    Director

  3. 1981

    Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ

    Director

Wrote 3

2010s

  1. 2011

    Money Dog

    Story

Camera 1

1980s

  1. 1981

    Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ

    Director of Photography

Edited 1

1980s

  1. 1981

    Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ

    Editor

Created 1

1980s

  1. 1984

    Graffiti Rock

    Creator

Appearances12

2020s

  1. 2023

    Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

    Self · 4 episodes

  2. 2022

    Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu

    Self - Musician, hip-hop historian, co-founder of the group Gray

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2017

    Basquiat: Rage to Riches

    Self (Writer, filmmaker)

  3. 2010

    Basquiat, Une Vie

    Himself

  4. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Downtown Calling

    Self

  2. 2005
  3. 2004

    And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

    Self · 5 episodes

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Hip Hop Years

    Self · 1 episode

1980s

  1. 1984

    Graffiti Rock

    Himself - Host · 1 episode

1970s

  1. 1972

    Fillmore

    Himself - Performer