Michael Holman

Michael Holman

Known for

Acting

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

Best known work

Basquiat

Basquiat

1996

Blue's Clues

Blue's Clues

1996

Beat Street

Beat Street

1984

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

2010

Downtown '81

Downtown '81

2001

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

2018

Eureeka's Castle

Eureeka's Castle

1989

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

2017

Graffiti Rock

Graffiti Rock

1984

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

2023

Filmography

2023
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the WorldTV
as Self (4 episodes)
2022
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
as Self - Musician, hip-hop historian, co-founder of the group Gray
2021
Sk8r Grrl
2018
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
as Self
2017
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
as Self (Writer, filmmaker)
2014
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
as Himself
2011
Money Dog
Director, Story
2010
Basquiat, Une Vie
as Himself
2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
as Self
2009
Downtown Calling
as Self, Producer
2005
TV Party
as Self
2004
My Coolest YearsTV
as Himself (1 episode)
2004
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopTV
as Self (5 episodes)
2001
Downtown '81
as Michael
1999
The Hip Hop YearsTV
as Self (1 episode)
1997
Michael Holman Presents The New York City Breakers Volume 2
Producer
1997
Michael Holman Presents The New York City Breakers Volume 1
Producer
1996
Blue's CluesTV
Director
1996
Basquiat
Story Developer, Second Unit Director
1989
Eureeka's CastleTV
Director, Producer, Writer
1987
Vampire Lestat
Director
1984
Pesceador
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
1984
Graffiti RockTV
as Himself - Host (1 episode), Producer, Creator
1984
Beat Street
Producer
1981
Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer