Director
Naomi Holwill
West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland, UK12 Films
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.
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8.0
The Unassuming Journeyman: The Exploitation Express of Ferdinando Baldi
2025
Hong Kong Hustle: The Chinese Cinema Odyssey Of Stephen Chow
2024
From Shaw to Snakes: The Venom and Violence of Early Chinese Language Horror Cinema
2023
The Golden Boy
2023
Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
2022
Jorge Grau: Catalonia's Cult Film King
2020
The Emmanuelle Effect
2020
6.5
Prince: The Peach and Black Times
2019
6.5
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019
Me Me Lai Bites Back
2018
Seeding of a Trend: The Birth of Hong Kong Splatter Cinema
2017